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216838United States. Early 20th Century. 20 leaves of blank letter stock 11 x .5 "; 27.7 x 21.7 cms and 4 of smaller invoice stock 8.3 x 5.3"; 21.1 x 14.3 cms; all printed with the letterhead "The Chinese Star Printing Phone ELiott 2572 711 King Street Seattle Wash U.S.A." in black beneath a red sunburst and Chinese text in two columns the letter stock on fine paper with 12 printed columns in red for Chinese writing and the invoice stock on slightly thicker paper and blank beneath a double rule in very good unused condition. . unknown
215478China. late Qing. Pair of Chinese wooden Fu dogs architectural elements each 8 x 17 cms decorated in red and black lacquer and gilt paint Chinese characters in ink on the verso paint a little rubbed and chipped good condition. Appealing pair of Chinese Fu dogs guardian sculptures baring their teeth their faces surrounded on one side by a stylised sun-ray perhaps decorative elements of a Chinese wedding-bed frame. <br> <br>Private collection acquired in Singapore in the late 1960s and possibly originally from China. . unknown
1907179096London.: Waterlow & Sons Limited. 1907. Engraved bond in red and black 51.7 x 33 cm central fold corners trimmed elaborate foliated borders signatures of the Viceroy of Canton the Chinese Minister in London and the Director of the Chinese and British Corporation on the verso text in three bordered panels including a finely engraved steam train; together with a separate leaf of coupons approx. 51.2 x 20.5 cm numbered 3 - 20 1 & 2 excised the bond slightly rippled and the outer edge discoloured the coupons with edge toning and staining on the verso and marked £100.0.0 in ink but the both in very good condition. Impressive bond issue with the coupon redemption date running until 1985 !. The Kowloon-Canton Railway KCR was the first cross-border railway connecting Hong Kong with mainland China. <br> <br>"Discussions between the Colonial Office in London the Hong Kong Government and the British & Chinese Corporation led to an agreement in late 1904 that the Hong Kong Government would undertake the financing construction and operation of the section of the line within Hong Kong. The remaining section to Canton Guangzhou was financed through a loan raised by the British & Chinese Corporation on behalf of the Chinese Government which operated the section after its construction by the corporation. <br> <br>Settling the detailed financing arrangements for the British and Chinese sections proved to be complicated because the funding of the British Section as it became known depended on the raising of the loan for the Chinese Section. The arrangements were finally ratified by the Hong Kong Government's passage of the Railway Loans Ordinance in 1905 clearing the way for construction of the British Section. It took until 1907 however for the loan agreement for the Chinese Section to be concluded with the financing being provided by way of a bond issue floated in London in April of the same year. <br> <br>The importance attached to the project was reflected in a speech made to the Hong Kong Legislative Council by the colonial governor Sir Frederick Lugard in 1908: <br> <br>"You will recall that in 1905 it was decided to build the railway by means of a loan. It was not a question of whether the undertaking would be an immediately remunerative concern; it was not a question of whether the railway should pay interest and sinking fund on the capital expended or even if it would at once pay working expenses. It was a question of preserving the predominance of Hong Kong. It was a question of seeing that the final outlet of the main trunk railway should be at Kowloon and at no other place." see Wikipedia entry . Waterlow & Sons Limited. unknown
1913179097London.: Waterlow & Sons Limited. 1913. Engraved bond in blue red and black 44.8 x 32.8 cm old folds top corners trimmed elaborate geometric borders three cartouche engravings: the mythic god Mercury god of financial gain and commerce atop a tunnelling drill rice fields with a pagoda and a mountain pass with a Chinese temple text in English German French and Russian signature of the Chinese Minister of Finance and Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC and facsimile seal of the Chinese Government and of the Chinese Minister in London on the verso conditions of the bond in four languages and amortisation tables in four currencies; together with a separate leaf of coupons approx. 38.5 x 33 cm numbered 52 - 94 51 excised the bond slightly rippled and afew minor stains on the verso rust-stain on the verso of the coupons and marked £100.00 in ink but the both in very good condition. Impressive and finely engraved bond. <br> <br>The Reorgansation Gold Loan of 1913 for the capital sum of £25000000 to enable the new government of the Republic of China to meet financial liabilities and for the reorganization of government institutions and to meet the administrative costs. The loan was authorised by Presidential Order of 22nd April 1913 officially communicated by the Wai Chiao Pu to the Ministers in Peking of Great Britain Germany France Russia and Japan. The Wai Chiao Pu was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of the Republic of China. <br> <br>The principal financial institutions which participated in the loan arrangements were the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Deutsch-Asiatische Bank Banque de l’Indo Chine and Russian Asiatic Bank. . Waterlow & Sons Limited. unknown
1936216107Qi 昌亞新地學社. Minguo 25 1936. A very attractive colour folding map of Guangdong province including inset maps of Guangzhou Shantou the European concessions of Hong Kong and Macau as well as Hainan the Paracel Islands and South China Sea. Scale of 1:1300000. Divided into eight panels measuring 54.5 x 79cm. Little light browning tide mark left margin barely intruding into printed image few tiny chips at extremities mended on reverse with washi in few places though overall in very good condition. A curious and colourful map of Guangdong issued towards the end of the Nanjing decade detailing the province's local political divisions its infrastructure such as roads railways and telegraph lines as well as its topography through stylised mountain ranges ridges and passes. <br> <br>Inset maps of Hong Kong and Macau noted as foreign concessions alongside maps of the South China Sea and Paracel Islands ostensibly affirms the status of these territories as rightful components of Guangdong in the view of the Kuomintang Government. . [Qi?] 昌亞新地學社. unknown
1905210394China and England.: King's Messengers S.P.G. circa1905. Small Chinese figure 17 x 6 cms padded silk brocade paper hair and watercolour the painted face a little scuffed mounted onto stiff card and backed onto what appears to be the verso of a certificate or exercise book cover trimmed and creased with a repaired tear and a few minor abrasions printed with the text "King's Messengers S.P.G./ Rugby Branch. / Passed Examination in Missionary Knowledge. Secretary. Chaplain. 19." all blank the figure with a loop at the head for display or hanging very good clean condition. The King's Messengers were the children's branch of a Church of England Missionary Society: S.P.G. "The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts". Presumably the delicately made figure was constructed at a Society mission in China S.P.G. sent missionaries to China in 1895 and at some point glued to the backing. A loop at the top suggests that the figure was intended to hang free. The doll-like figure represents an unusual example of folk art. . King's Messengers, S.P.G. unknown
221329China. 20th Century. Chinese paper cut hand painted and mounted within a red-painted frame 13.8 x 9.8cm the artist's red chop and publishing details in English opposite on a single leaf of paper 29 x 25 cms folded as a greeting card 14.5 x 10.3 cms with the original envelope blank all in very good bright condition. Highly attractive Chinese paper cut for the tourist market a highly coloured and mythic phoenix with an intricately cut tail perched on a branch. . unknown
1915217498San Francisco.: Atlas Printing Co. 416 S. Dearborn St. Circa1915. Printed handbill 4pp bifolium 20 x 14cms four black and white photographic illustrations and text within borders original folds small edge tears early pencilled annotation "Milwaukee -- 1915" at the foot of the front page and a couple of interior doodles a little dusty especially at the folds but overall in very good condition. Exceedingly scarce unrecorded handbill advertising Benjamin Brodsky's documentary "Real Life in China.the most interesting and educational photoplay ever produced in 8 big reels" and only the first of a two part film intended to be shown with a lecture by Brodsky himself. The handbill claims "Mysteries are mysteries no longer under the searching eye of the camera and the walled in and superstition-locked glories of China are brought forth as evidence of the real wonder of the celestial empire". <br> <br>The four captioned photographic illustrations show: A pagoda; Pumping water on the rice fields; Grinding the Rice and a Chinese Prisoner in stocks. <br> <br>The US National Film Preservation Foundation on whose site a remarkable fragment of the film has been preserved and is viewable notes that: <br> <br>"On the eve of World War I as the political struggles in China made the news Americans knew little about the vast and mysterious country of more than four hundred million people. But by the end of 1917 there were at least 10 documentaries available to satisfy curiosity about America’s new ally in the Far East. Virtually all were short subjects that like the Burton Holmes travelogues from Paramount played alongside features. Travel shorts with a more educational slant continued in circulation through schools and nonprofit groups for years afterward. <br> <br>Of these offerings the hugely ambitious Trip through China was “so vastly different from the general run of tour films that it stands in a class by itself” wrote Motion Picture News. Five years in the making or a less probable ten in some tellings the documentary was the brainchild of Benjamin Brodsky a widely traveled Russian-born businessman who claimed to speak 11 languages. According to a 1912 Moving Picture World profile the young entrepreneur had moved to China from San Francisco after the 1906 Earthquake and set up shop as a film exhibitor. A Trip through China was probably fashioned from the 20000 feet of negative that Brodsky brought back to San Francisco in 1915. Versions screened locally nine months later and in Los Angeles the following year. When distribution went national in March 1917 the ten-reeler was heralded as a “revelation.” . Atlas Printing Co., 416 S. Dearborn St. unknown
1618214886London.: No pubisher. 1618. 6 xxii 12 491 5 pages title page printed in red and black dedication preface contents references errata 18.4 x 14.8 cms endpapers renewed with the original front endpapers laid down aged-toned and chipped title-page toned and a little faded upper corner chipped with the inked owners' inscription of Thos. Bryan Richards 1798 and Wm. Cooke early inked marginalia and underlining; contemporary hollow-backed vellum manuscript author and title on the spine tidemark to the lower corner of the text leaves affecting the margin only a good sound copy. First edition of an antiquarian classic by John Selden 1584-1654 eminent jurist polymath prolific scholar and in recent times celebrated for his ownership of the earliest surviving Chinese merchant map of East Asia re-discovered with justifiable fanfare as a treasure of the Bodleian Library by Robert Batchelor in 2008. <br> <br>At the time of its release Selden's "The History of Tithes": "gave great offense to the clergy and was vigorously refuted in a number of volumes to which Selden was forbidden the right to print replies" Pforzheimer. It has been noted that the absence of the printer's name and the place of publication showed that Selden anticipated an unfavourable reaction to his denial of divine right of tithes. He was not disappointed. The work was suppressed and Selden was forced to apologize for having given offense-- and the book was withdrawn from circulation. His work was much studied: this copy with early marginalia: "by this Historie the Right of tithing belong not to ye profession of ye Canonist Civilian or Divine but with Lawyers." the last three words hastily crossed out. <br> <br>Early owners include London Antiquary Thomas Bryan Richards whose extensive Library was sold by King & Lochée in 1812. . [No pubisher, hardcover
1419214497東京. Tokyo.: 東京日日新聞社. Tōkyō Nichinichi Shinbunsha. Showa 14 1939. Colour folding illustrated map charts black and white photographic illustrations with interpretive text on reverse. Few very small tears at margins some light creasing but overall still a good attractive map. 55 x 79cm. The map of China and surrounding areas are richly illustrated with little images showing the resources and products of the countries of East Asia together with their road railway sea and air routes which are marked in detail. Inset charts show Chinese trade figures in detail. The reverse side of the map provides summary information on China each region Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia with black and white photographic illustrations. Chinese trade and resource graphs are printed on the corner of the map and include steel petroleum rice pigments and dyes wood products etc; comprehensive information on population Chinese governments and Western investments are included in the reverse side. <br> <br>The map was a supplement of Volume 3 Number 1 issue of the Tonichi Jikyoku Joho Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbun Current Affair and Information in January 1939 which later became Mainichi Jikyoku Joho. The map and detailed information demonstrate the deep interest Japan had in China and its resources at this time reflecting its territorial desires. . 東京日日新聞社. [Tōkyō Nichinichi Shinbunsha]. unknown
169651新星出版社. Nouvelle Etoile. Translated from Chinese into French 4pp plates showing Chinese top leaders Deng Xiaoping Li Peng and Jiang Zemin at the meetings of the Politburo and the Central Committee. 46pp light sign of wear good in wrappers. 18.4 x 12.8cm. Text in French. This meeting of the Central Committee was held between 23 and 24 June 1989 shortly after the Tiananmen Square protest. Zhao Ziyang the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China at the time was heavily critised and removed from all of his positions as a result. . 新星出版社. Nouvelle Etoile. unknown
1996131077Changjiang: Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House 1996. 1st edition. Nice copy. oblong octavo. hardback in original cloth 42pp. colour plates Large folding panorama comprising 21 sheets each 35.5 cms x 21.5 cms with text on verso. In decorated card slip-case as issued. Scarce Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House hardcover
18802592Havana: September 8 1880. Very good. Partially-printed broadside 6.5 x 8.25 inches completed in manuscript in Spanish and Chinese. Small marginal wormhole mild edge wear light toning. Ink stamp of the Consulado General at bottom-center. A scarce certificate issued in 1880 by the Chinese Consulate in Havana authenticating the registration and details of a Chinese laborer in Cuba. The printed form is completed in manuscript with the name of the recipient his age place of origin occupation and place of residence. The present examples were completed for a sixty-year-old laborer from Canton being called Pedro Pulido who was going to work and/or live at 48 Calle Figueroa in Havana. The printed text states that "El Cónsul General de China en la Habana certifica que blank ha hecho constar en este Consulado General ser súbdito de S.M. el Emperador de la China y como tal se halla inscrito en el Registro de dicho Consulado General segun número y filiacion anotados al márgen." The certificate is dated September 8 1880 and is stamped with the seal of the consulate in red and with the rubberstamped signature of the Consul General Lin Liang Yuan. The form are also bears two ink signatures in Chinese in the left margin a rare occurrence. An excellent document of the bureaucracy surrounding imported Chinese labor to Cuba in the last quarter of the 19th century. September 8 unknown
1670E9PF9I9C81WOChina 1670. A series of 8 Chinese drawings ca. 24 x 14.5 cm: 5 coloured 1 also highlighted in gold showing scenes from a Chinese novel many military or diplomatic plus a Chinese watercolour drawing and a Japanese woodblock print. A series of 8 pen and ink drawings 5 coloured 1 also highlighted in gold drawn from Chinese books possibly the 14th-century Sanguo yanyi or Romance of the Three Kingdoms. All mounted on European paper 6 on 3 different patterns of decorated paper. The paper of the drawings ranges from 23.5 x 14 cm to 24 x 15 cm. They show the following outdoor and indoor scenes:1 2 warriors on horseback one of whom has just beheaded the other and carries his head away the beheaded warrior has not yet fallen from his horse while his superior watches on horseback with 2 attendants.2 a man standing with a spear in the prow of a boat while 2 men and a woman sit at a tea table in the boat which flies a flag and pennant.3 5 people on 2 boats one flying a flag and pennant.4 4 soldiers bringing a woman to a dignitary at his house.5 a delegation visiting a dignitary.6 2 men playing go with 4 attendants and a guard.7 a dignitary at a writing table with attendants and visitors.8 a seated dignitary with 6 standing figures 1 with a document at a table.In the backing paper of number 7 one can make out an Amsterdam coat of arms watermark. It is difficult to see clearly but seems to follow the general style of Laurentius 71-95 1662-1675. The 3 patterns of decorated backing paper show: a flower pattern printed in gold on green; 2 patterns with more abstract decorations in a diamond pattern printed in gold on white.With this series we include a watercolour drawing and a woodblock print:9 watercolour drawing of irises along a stream with hills in the background 17 x 22.5 cm.10 rectangular woodblock print of a Samurai at a tea ceremony 14 x 10 cm possibly derived from a Japanese book.Some edges of the drawings a little frayed but otherwise in very good condition. unknown
1655E9PFZ6Y3Z0MCChina 1655. Colour drawings 3 ca. 28 x 18 cm the 4th cut down to 16.5 x 17.5 cm apparently showing Manchurian scenes. A series of 4 colour drawings of Manchurian scenes. All mounted on Dutch paper probably from the period 1650-1660. The paper of the drawings themselves ranges in three cases from 27 x 16 cm to 30 x 19.5 cm; the fourth has been cut down to 16.5 x 17.5 cm. The drawings show the following all outdoor scenes:1 a dignitary on horseback with his attendant on foot carrying a parasol.2 2 ladies 1 holding the other's sleeve with a flowering tree and an octagonal stone basin.3 a lady with a flowering plant in a basket with a deer at her side.4 2 ladies: 1 with a fan; the other leaning on a table with a vase of flowers.All 4 backed with matching European paper watermarked with a 7-point foolscap above "4" and 3 balls. The closest matches in the literature Laurentius 431-437 especially 431 and 435 date from 1651 to 1658. unknown
170120655London: Churchill 1701. Very good condition. An engraved frontispiece portrait of Johann Nieuhoff an official of the VOC and important writer and illustrator of contemporary China whose study of China was produced in 1665 by his brother Hendrick and titled 'An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham emperor of China: . at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities towns villages ports rivers &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; '. <br /> <br /> The work was essential to European understanding of China as it was the only reliable source along with the reports of the Jesuits of information and images available at the time. The work was translated into French German Latin and English and was the first to include 150 true to life illustrations drawn by Nieuhoff himself. In 1649 he joined the East India Company first in Batavia and then in China as steward at the embassy which aspired to gain trading rights with China's southern coast. His specific duties were to<br /> observe all "farms towns palaces rivers . and other buildings" that he might encounter drawing them "in straight form and figure" as well as remains of the historical victory of the "Tartars" Manchus that brought an end to the reign of the Ming dynasty. He remained in China until 1657. <br /> <br /> Nieuhoff wears an elaborate costume and holds a rolled sketch in his right hand; in the background is a sailing ship. 7 x 11 1/4" on paper 7 3/4 x 12" Churchill unknown
1902220266Japan. No date. Circa1902. Two very attractive colour folded manuscript maps one showing China and the other Korea. <br> <br>Map of China: Watercolour map 48 x 63.5cm. Closed tear now professionally repaired. <br> <br>Map of Korea: Finely detailed watercolour map a few tiny holes very neatly repaired on the verso with archival washi. 33 x 24.5cm Two delicate hand-painted maps one of China and one of Korea produced by a Japanese student cartographer named Koike Tokushige 小池徳重. <br> <br>The undated map of China appears to have been produced in the first five years of the twentieth century: a time when Japan had recently colonized Taiwan and when Japanese economic and political interest in the region was rapidly expanding. The inscription on the map suggests that it was a third year college project. But the high level of detail suggests that the artist had considerable experience of map making. The map of China shows the main provinces rivers major transport routes the Great Wall and the location of key cities although the names of the cities are not included. It also shows outlines of the Korean Peninsula Taiwan and the Japanese island of Kyushu but not the rest of Japan. <br> <br>The map of Korea is more detailed. It provides an accurate outline of the Korean Peninsula with careful hatching indicating changes in elevation. Rivers and major road routes are shown on the map and the locations of major towns are marked though only Busan and Incheon are named. Dotted lines show coastal sea routes and routes between Kyushu and Busan and between Incheon and China. The map shows the Gyeongin railway line between Seoul and Incheon which was completed in 1899 and route of the Gyeongbu railway line between Busan and Seoul whose construction started from both ends in 1901. But the map depicts only small sections of this line close to Seoul and Busan as being completed with the rest more lightly outlined to show the projected route implying that the map was drawn around 1901-1902 and certainly before the Gyongbu line was opened in 1904. <br> <br>Inserted text gives the land area and population of Korea. Rather strangely though the figure given for the Korean population is vastly underestimated. Ikeda gives this as 5.7 million when in fact at that time is was around 18 million. . unknown
1934172781上海.Shanghai.: 廣學會.Guang xue hui. 3rd edition. 1934. 2 volumes. Maps small sheet of colour illustrations of Bible stories loosely inserted in paper pocket in volume II lacks illustrated sheet from rear pocket of volume I sheet music in number notations accompanied by lyrics. Volume I: 6 144pp; Volume II: 6 121pp. A prior owner's signature upper covers wrappers stained and marked evenly browned throughout paper on spines trifle chipped a sound set in original wrappers. Text in traditional Chinese. 18.7 x 13cm. These two textbooks were published for fifth year Sunday School students. They are into 5 sections: Jesus the Hero of Heroes; Paul the first hero that preached to foreign lands; preaching to all nations; Christian movement in China; summer life. Each lesson contains a story discussion picture and a motto or song. . 廣學會.[Guang xue hui]. unknown
1967169746Beijing.: 地图戰報.Di tu zhan bao. September1967. Maps printed in red and black single sheet printed on both sides folded scale not given photographic image of Mao Zedong. Some light browning at edges with tears and losses on left edge still good. Text in Chinese. Sheet measures 26.5 x 38.4cm. Includes a map of Autumn Harvest Uprising and also shows the routes of the military advancing towards Jinggangshan between September and October 1927. On reverse left section a map shows the route along which Chairman Mao led the Fourth Army of the Chinese Red Army marching towards south of Anhui and Jiangxi Provinces in 1929. On reverse right section a map titled "The Long March of The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army October 1934-October 1935". Quotations of Chairman Mao about the Long March insert on corners of the map. <br> <br>Issue no. 6 of a series of maps with text issued by the Red Guards organisations in the form of Cultural Revolution tabloid-sized newspaper. This issue is designed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Autumn Harvest Uprising which was one of the earliest armed uprisings organised by the Chinese Communist Party. . 地图戰報.[Di tu zhan bao]. unknown
191958763Washington D.C. National Geographic Society 1919. Two parts in one. Oblong 4to. 11 x 9 in. 24; 24 leaves printed on thick glossy paper stock w/ photo & colour illustrations on recto of each leaf slight shelfwear rubbing still NF set preserved in original printed envelope with instructional information and stamp “China & Philippines†on recto minor creasing edgewear former ownership ink markings. First edition of these scarce sets of plates designed for geography classroom use following World War I filled with text by Burrall 1883-1960 to increase geographical literacy of children as well as promote the ideas of preparing American youths to assume the role of a “World Power.†This first set focused on China includes text and photos describing the “Avenue of Stone Animals;†increasing number of girls attending school; rice fields street restaurants Chinese temples along with several parts with photos by E.H. Wilson of the Arnold Arboretum. The photographs are unidentified in the Philippines section and includes descriptions and photos of tree houses greased pole contests weaving cloth making pottery and growth of school bands and schools. Worldcat ostensibly locates 5 surviving China & Philippines portfolios at least 1 is microfilm; See: Katie Good Bring the World to the Child: Technologies of Global Citizenship in American Education 2020 pp. 44-47 227-228. National Geographic Society, hardcover
1796177641London. 1796. Large format engraving 23.9 x 35.9 cm; 35.9 x 46 cm sheet including caption and platemark spots of browning to the image affecting the sky and marginal foxing old paper abrasions to the verso the sheet a little creased and dusty but a strong dark impression in very good condition. Fine detailed engraving after a drawing by the artist William Alexander 1767-1816 of the sumptuous Hall of Audience to the Summer Palace prepared as plate 22 for the folio atlas to George Staunton's account of the Macartney Embassy to China of 1793. Staunton's commentary noted its magnificence: "Its projecting roof was supported upon two rows of large wooden columns the shafts of which were painted red and varnished; and the capitals ornamented with various scrolls and devices in vivid colouring particularly with dragons.". The engraver William Lowry 1762- 1824 specialised in architectural engravings and was later a member of the Royal Society. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . unknown
1796177644London.: G. Nicol. April 121796. Large format engraving 29.9 x 45 cm; 37 x 50 cm sheet trimmed to the platemark spots of browning to the image mainly affecting the sky and marginal foxing corners a little toned old paper repair affecting the caption only no loss the sheet creased at the corners and a little dusty but a strong dark impression in very good condition. Intricate and wonderfully composed engraving after a drawing by the artist William Alexander 1767-1816 prepared for the folio atlas to George Staunton's account of the Macartney Embassy to China of 1793. The engraver James Fittler 1758-1825 was appointed by George III to be his Marine Engraver. Despite the serried ranks of the Chinese noblemen attendants and the figure of the Emperor himself occupying almost the entire engraving it is the figure of Lord Macartney making an entrance stage right who steals the show. Fittler has amplified Macartney as "hero" with the dramatic use of tone: Lord Macartney is bathed in light a representative of the British Empire "on which the sun never sets". The page attending Macartney is the figure of George Staunton's son Thomas. <br>A dramatic evocation of the might of Empire. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . G. Nicol. unknown
1796177610London. 1796. Large format engraving 30.1 x 45.3 cm plus caption and margins a few spots of browning to the image two sealed edge tears one affecting the caption and foot of the image without loss the sheet a little creased and dusty but a strong dark impression in good condition. Beautifully composed engraving of a grim subject prepared as plate 31 for the folio atlas to George Staunton's account of the Macartney Embassy to China of 1793. The figures in the foreground and the standing figures in the middle distance all have their backs turned away from the central drama: punishment of a criminal. The artist William Alexander 1767- 1816 has rendered fine architectural detail as well as capturing the natural world and background imagery: a water-carrier may be glimpsed and a laden vessel is anchored in the distant harbour. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . unknown
1796177640London. 1796. Large format engraving 30.8 x 45.3 cm plus caption and margins spots of browning to the image two sealed edge tears one affecting the caption and the upper edge of the image without loss two old paper repairs to the margin the sheet a little creased and dusty but a strong dark impression in good condition. Fine detailed engraving prepared as plate 41 for the folio atlas to George Staunton's account of the Macartney Embassy to China of 1793. The artist William Alexander 1767- 1816 has rendered fine architectural detail as well as capturing the natural world and background imagery. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . unknown
1796177643London.: G. Nicol. April 121796. Large format engraving 23.7 x 35.4 cm; 35.5 x 45.4 cm sheet including caption and platemark spots of browning to the image affecting the sky and marginal foxing corners a little browned the sheet a little dusty but a strong dark impression in very good condition. Fine detailed engraving after a drawing by the artist William Alexander 1767-1816 prepared as plate 20 for the folio atlas to George Staunton's account of the Macartney Embassy to China of 1793. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . G. Nicol. unknown
