PORTRAIT OF A LAMA, OR BONZE - Public domain engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. One of the Lamas from the temple called Poo-ta-la situated near the Imperial residence at Zhehol is presented. The Priest ha... More
A CHINESE COMEDIAN - Public domain weapon engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A sketch of a Chinese comedian who portrayed an enraged military officer; it was sketched from an actor performing his part ... More
EXAMINATION OF A CULPRIT before a Mandarin
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. Image taken from The Costume of China, illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings, published in London in 1805. The subj... More
A SOLDIER IN HIS COMMON DRESS - Public domain portrait engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A soldier in his common dress. He holds a bow, a case of arrows and armed with a scimitar: Alexander notes that Chinese scim... More
A TRADESMAN - Public domain engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. The tradesman wears a sleeveless pink jacket of silk, with a collar of velvet. His stockings are of cotton quilt and his sho... More
A CHINESE SOLDIER OF INFANTRY - Public domain portrait engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A Chinese soldier of infantry, or tiger of war. The European missionaries have denominated them 'tigers of war', from their ... More
A FISHERMAN AND HIS FAMILY, regaling in their Boat
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A Chinese fisherman with his family resting on his boat; the woman, surrounded by her children, is smoking a pipe. In the ba... More
A CHINESE PORTER, OR CARRIER - Public domain engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A Chinese porter pushing a sail-assisted wheelbarrow; when the wind is not favorable, the sail is set aside, and another lab... More
A FUNERAL PROCESSION - Public domain scan / engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A funeral procession in China. The leader of the procession is a priest, who carries a lighted match, with tin-foil and crac... More
A CHINESE LADY AND HER SON - Public domain portrait engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. Chinese noble woman wears a long robe of silk or satin, accompanied with under-vest and drawers of taffeta. Her hair is smoo... More
A MILITARY STATION - Public domain scan / engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A military station on a levee along the canal. The guard, who are drawn out in a line, salutes the passing by vessel with a ... More
A SOLDIER OF CHU-SAN, Armed with a Matchlock Gun
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A soldier armed with a matchlock gun. At his right side hangs his cartouch-box and on his left, his sword with the point for... More
A FISHING BOAT - Public domain engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A fishing boat in a canal with a view of the lake Poo-yang in the background. The boat possesses an elaborate contrivance f... More
A PEASANT, With his Wife and Family
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. The mother is in the dress of the northern provinces; the peak on her forehead is of velvet, and adorned with a bead of agat... More
A GROUP OF PEASANTRY, WATERMEN, &c playing with Dice
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A group of Chinese common people playing dice, including a husbandman with a hoe, and a boater with a metal gong to guide t... More
PORTRAIT OF VAN-TA-ZHIN - Public domain portrait engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. Van-Ta-Zhin, an Imperial officer, who was appointed to attend the British Embassy for the duration of its stay in China in 1... More
A STANDARD BEARER - Public domain portrait engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A soldier bearing a ceremonial standard with characters allegedly displaying a title of the Chinese Emperor. His dress is of... More
PUNISHMENT OF THE CANGUE - Public domain engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. The prisoner wearing a tcha, known to Europeans as cangue, is being led on a chain by a magistrates assistant, to a gate of ... More
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE BASTINADO - Public domain scan / engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. The punishment of the offender. Alexander noted that corporal punishments were frequently applied in China, even for slight ... More
PORTRAIT OF A SOLDIER - Public domain portrait engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. Portrait of a Qing soldier, an archer, fully uniformed. From the crown of the helmet extends a spear topped with a tassel of... More
PORTRAIT OF CHOW-TA-ZHIN, in his Dress of Ceremony
Chow-Ta-Zhin(喬大人), a Quan, or Mandarin, who was entrusted with the care of the British Embassy to China in 1793. The blue ball on his round cap with a peacock feather, indicates his rank. He is attired in full... More
A GROUP OF TRACKERS - Public domain scan / engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A group of Chinese laborers-trackers eating their meal of rice, which they cooked on the earthen stove. The flat boards with... More
A SACRIFICE AT THE TEMPLE - Public domain engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A temple visitor kneeling before the sacred urn, in which perfumed sticks are burning during sacrifice. A priest whose head ... More
PORTRAIT OF THE PURVEYOR - Public domain portrait engraving
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. Portrait of the purveyor for the British Embassy to China in 1793, while the British Ambassador stayed at Macao. His externa... More
William Alexander Chinese Military Post 1793
Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A GROUP OF CHINESE, habited for Rainy Weather
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A group of Chinese common people waiting for the rain to stop, three men and one boy, who hides under a parasol. Image taken... More
CHINESE GAMBLERS with Fighting Quails
Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. Chinese gamblers with fighting quails. The figure smoking a pipe, holds in his hand some Chinese money threaded on a string;... More