Title
[View of a military post on the river Eu-ho] / WA f.
Creator
Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.
Publication details
[1793]
Physical details
1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 30.3 x 46.8 cm, on support 38.6 x 54.7 cm
Description
Figures gather on the banks of a river, with women and children on the left and six soldiers standing under a tree on the right; a man walks by the side of a wall decorated with the figure of a dragon that links a turret, on top of which a soldier strikes a gong with a mallet, to a small shrine, with man, horse and women holding babies standing outside in the background. Signed with initials at bottom right and annotated in pencil on verso: 'A Military Post. Portraits of the Soldiers, Joss house &c &c. Oct. 19 1793'. Pasted on mount with washlines.
Place
Shandong Sheng (China)
Additional information
Described as 'View of a small military Post with soldiers drawn outin compliment to the Embassador. On the top of a small Castle a soldier is seen beating a Gongue (a brazen Instrument so called by Europeans) to give notice of the Embassador's approach' in manuscript notes bound with the drawings. Engraved in Staunton, Atlas, No. 17.
Other persons
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, patron.
Shelfmark
Maps 8 TAB.c.8.9.