{"id":27211,"date":"2025-05-06T17:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiek\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/china-linqing-pagode-william-alexander-1800\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:51:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:51:55","slug":"china-linqing-pagoda-grand-canal-william-alexander-1800","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/city-views\/foreign-city-views\/china-linqing-pagoda-grand-canal-william-alexander-1800\/","title":{"rendered":"China, Grand Canal, pagoda at Linqing &#8211; Reinier Vinkeles after William Alexander, 1800-1801"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<em><strong>Gezigt na bij de Stad Lin-Sin-Choe, aan de Oevers van het Keizerlijk Kanaal.<\/strong><\/em>\u201d [A view of the city of Linqing on the banks of the Grand Canal.] Copper engraving by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reinier_Vinkeles\">Reinier Vinkeles<\/a> <\/strong>after a drawing by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Alexander_(painter)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>William Alexander<\/strong><\/a> (1767-1816 ) from the Dutch language edition of Lord Macartney&#8217;s account of the embassy to the Emperor of China in 1793 written by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sir_George_Staunton,_1st_Baronet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sir George Leonard Staunton<\/strong><\/a> and published by <strong>Johannes Allard<\/strong> in <strong>1800-1801<\/strong>. Coloured by a later hand. Size (incl text): approx. 18 x 24 cm.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy was headed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Macartney,_1st_Earl_Macartney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earl George Macartney<\/a> (1737-1806), who was dispatched to Beijing in 1792. He was accompanied by Staunton a medical doctor as his secretary, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Staunton\u2019s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassador\u2019s page. On the embassy\u2019s arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macartney_Embassy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lord Macartney&#8217;s embassy<\/a> was unsuccessful, the Chinese resisting British overtures to establish diplomatic relations in view of opening the vast Chinese realms to free trade, but it opened the way for future British missions, which would eventually lead to the first Opium War and the cession of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842. It also resulted in this invaluable account, prepared at government expense, largely from Lord Macartney&#8217;s notes, by Staunton, of Chinese manners, customs and artifacts at the height of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qing_dynasty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qing dynasty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The engravings are of special interest because of their depiction of subjects that very few Europeans had heard of or seen, showing how advanced Chinese civilisation was on a technical, artistic and organizational level.<\/p>\n<p>On 22 October 1793, watercolourist Alexander noted in his journal, \u201c<em>At noon we passed the Pagoda of Linsing of 9 stories, about 120 ft. in height. Tis a striking object being detached from any town and stands about 20 yards from the waters edge<\/em>\u201d. The pagoda presumably stood outside the city of Linqing in Shandong province, where the Eu-Ho River intersects with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Canal_(China)\">Grand Canal<\/a>. Alexander saw and sketched it from the junk in which he travelled up the Eu-Ho and along the entire length of the Grand Canal, from Beijing to Hangchow. Although he had little opportunity for excursions beyond the riverbanks, the month-long voyage provided him with plentiful opportunity to observe waterside life.<\/p>\n<p>Price: 195,-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Gezigt na bij de Stad Lin-Sin-Choe, aan de Oevers van het Keizerlijk Kanaal.\u201d [A view of the city of Linqing on the banks of the Grand Canal.] Copper engraving by Reinier Vinkeles after a drawing by William Alexander (1767-1816 ) from the Dutch language edition of Lord Macartney&#8217;s account of the embassy to the Emperor 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