Portrait of a Mandarin / WA.

Portrait of a man, seated half-length slightly turned to right, wearing black-brimmed cap with red top, moustache and his hair plaited and holding a fan with his left hand. Signed with initials at bottom left and pasted on mount with washlines. [A collection of eighty views, maps, portraits and drawings illustrative of the Embassy sent to China under George, Earl of Macartney, in 1793; drawn chiefly by William Alexander, some by Sir John Barrow, Bart, some by Sir Henry Woodbine Parish, and one by William Gomm. Many of them are engraved in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy, published in 1797.] Author: Alexander, William / Illustrator: Alexander, William 1793 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.53. Described as 'Portrait of a well-looking Chinese'. 1 drawing: watercolour, ink and graphite; sheet 21.3 x 16.5 cm, on support 26.6 x 21.8 cm