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View of the city Teu-tcheou foo, taken from the Hindostan at anchor in the straight...

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View of the city Teu-tcheou foo, taken from the Hindostan at anchor in the straight of Mi-a-tau. Two English ships and some Chines barges sailing in the Bohai Sea near the port of Penglai. Signed with initials at bottom right and annotated in pencil on verso: 'View of Port of the City of Ten-cheou-fou. July 21st, 1793'. Pasted on mount with washlines. Described as 'A distant view of the City Teu-tcheou foo, taken from the Hindostan at anchor in the streight of Mi-a-tau, a harbour of some note among the Chinese'.
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[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 [1793-1794]. Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8.Tab.C.8.10 1 drawing: watercolour; sheet 26.5 x 47.6 cm, on support 34.9 x 54.4 cm.

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