Image of Portrait of a Chinese Pilot. Portrait of a man with a

Portrait of a Chinese Pilot. Portrait of a man with a thin moustache and his hair...

IMAGE number: BL3308633
Image title: Portrait of a Chinese Pilot. Portrait of a man with a thin moustache and his hair in a plait rolled around the top of his shaved head, dressed in knee-length wide trousers and a loose long-sleeved chemise, full-length smoking a long pipe and sitting cross-legged on a wooden chest by a writing-desk in his cabin, with landscape seen through window in the background. Pasted on mount with washlines.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: [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.8.49 1 drawing: watercolour, ink and graphite; sheet 37.8 x 23.9 cm, on support 41.4 x 26.1 cm.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: China / Asia / old person / adults / smoking / man / men / recreational drugs / asia / colours / portait / people / moustache / watercolour / 18th century / old / occupation / tobacco / nationality / ethnicity / adult / portrait / sailor / maritime occupations / occupations / facial hair / senior adult / male / chinese / colour / one person / painting

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