A Chinese man in a sedan chair that is carried by three servants. A fourth servant holds a paper lantern above the lead porter. Two other men lead the entourage
Alternative Title:
Munificent present of twenty-one million of dollars to Queen Vic. from the Brother to the moon
Description:
Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle., Publication information from cover and advertisement to the series., and Plate numbered '6' in upper left corner from: The brother to the moon's visit to the court of Queen Vic.
Publisher:
Messrs. Fores and Printed by W. Kohler
Subject (Geographic):
China.
Subject (Topic):
Paper lanterns, Parades & processions, and Sedan chairs
Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle., Publication information from cover and advertisement to the series., Plate numbered '18' in upper left corner from: The brother to the moon's visit to the court of Queen Vic., On same sheet, verso: Principal attendants on the celestial bodies., and Temporary local subject terms: Chinese people -- Chinese musical instruments -- Chinese fans -- Chinese umbrellas -- Chinese servants.
Publisher:
Messrs. Fores and Printed by W. Kohler
Subject (Geographic):
China.
Subject (Topic):
Scientific equipment, Sedan chairs, and Telescopes
Hondius his map of China and Hondivs his map of China
Description:
North oriented towards the right., Relief shown pictorially., Removed from Samuel Purchas's Purchas his Pilgrimage (1625)., and Text in English on verso.
Publisher:
[Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone],
Subject (Geographic):
China.
Subject (Name):
Featherstone, Henry, -1647, bookseller, Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626. Purchas his Pilgrimage. 1625., and Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer
Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle., Publication information from cover and advertisement to the series., Plate numbered '17' in upper right corner from: The brother to the moon's visit to the court of Queen Vic., and On same sheet, verso: Celestial philosophers calculating the time required to get back 21,000,000 of dollars.
"Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man in a pillory; river and boat in the background."--Wellcome Library no. 579902i and "A Chinese man undergoing punishment, with his head and right hand locked into a sort of stocks formed of planks of wood onto which are nailed placards, with a guard and onlookers."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate issued to accompany: Staunton, G. An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London : G. Nicol, 1797., Numbered "28" in upper right corner of plate., and For a proof state before letters, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,0812.686.
Publisher:
Published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol
Subject (Geographic):
China.
Subject (Name):
Staunton, George, Sir, 1737-1801.
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Punishment devices, and Pillories
A manuscript in a single hand, signed by the clerks and witnesses, providing a record of the answers to fifteen questions, prompted by an 1814 parliamentary investigation into the living conditions of ‘Lascars and Chinese’ which ended with the publication of a report from a Committee on Lascars and Other Asiatic Seamen in 1816. As part of their investigation, the clerk Isaac Newton records the answers of 'Boodoo' and 'Mamood', both of whom attest to the statements with their marks of an 'x', which provide very detailed evidence of the living conditions, the kind and amount of food and drink provided, clothing and health care and the physical safety in cramped living quarters, the way in which these sailors were buried
Description:
In English., Title from item., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
China., India., and London (England)
Subject (Name):
East India Company
Subject (Topic):
Employees, Merchant mariners, Economic conditions, and Social conditions
"Two connoisseurs, one holding a monocle, admiring a new acquisition of a monstrous grimacing figure in a harlequin costume, the speech of the owner above their heads: 'There neighbour Jenkins, what do you think of my new purchase - theres Taste for you - Mr. Bronze bought it for me - I think he calls it a Chinese Goss or Joss or something like that ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub'd. April 2nd, 1801 by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle., Publication information from cover and advertisement to the series., Plate numbered '15' in upper right corner from: The brother to the moon's visit to the court of Queen Vic., and On same sheet, verso: The Emperor's celestial bodies.
