Title
[Mandarin on horseback].
Creator
Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.
Publication details
[1793]
Physical details
1 drawing : watercolour, ink and graphite ; sheet 27.7 x 37.5 cm, on support 36.3 x 53 cm
Description
A Mandarin wearing a cape over his tunic and boots rides to left on a paved road carrying two scrolls across his shoulders, with two assistants and their horses standing by the road and figures watching from the fields in the background. Pasted on mount with washlines and annotated in pencil on verso: 'The Mandarin Carrying the Emperor's letter to the King of England from Pekin to Tongseou'.
Place
China
Other persons
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, patron.
Shelfmark
Maps 8 TAB.c.8.81.