{"id":9127,"date":"2019-09-07T17:27:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T15:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9127"},"modified":"2024-04-11T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:32:15","slug":"chinees-theater-naar-william-alexander-1796","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/nl-oud\/antiek\/verkocht\/chinees-theater-naar-william-alexander-1796\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinees theater &#8211; naar William Alexander, 1796"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<strong>A scene in an historical play exhibited on the Chinese Stage.<\/strong>\u201d Copper engraving by <strong>James Heath <\/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 \u201cAuthentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire\u201d 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 <strong>April 12, 1796<\/strong> in London by G. Nicol. Coloured by a later hand. Size (image): 24 x 35,3 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>This particular print is one of the principal scenes from a drama the Europeans had seen: \u201c<em>One of the dramas, particularly, attracted the attention of those who recollected scenes, somewhat similar, upon the English stage. The piece represented an emperor of China and his empress living in supreme felicity, when, on a sudden, his subjects revolt, a civil war ensues, battles are fought, and at last the archrebel, who was a general of cavalry, overcomes his sovereign, kills him with his own hand, and routes the imperial army. The captive empress then appears upon the stage in all the agonies of despair naturally resulting from the loss of her husband and of her dignity, as well as the apprehension for that of her honour. Whilst she is tearing her hair and rending the skies with her complaints, the conqueror enters, approaches her with respect, addresses her in a gentle tone, soothes her sorrows with his compassion, talks of love and adoration, and like Richard the Third, with lady Anne, in Shakspeare, prevails, in less than half an hour, on the Chinese princess to dry up her tears, to forget her deceased consort, and yield to a consoling wooer. The piece concludes with the nuptials, and a grand procession.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Price: SOLD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA scene in an historical play exhibited on the Chinese Stage.\u201d Copper engraving by James Heath after a drawing by William Alexander (1767-1816 ) from the \u201cAuthentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, and information obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire\u201d [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9127","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-verkocht","first","instock","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinees theater originele gravure 18e-eeuw geschiedenis oude prent<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chinees theater originele gravure 18e-eeuw geschiedenis oude prent Macartney Embassy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinees theater originele gravure 18e-eeuw geschiedenis oude prent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chinees theater originele gravure 18e-eeuw geschiedenis oude prent Macartney Embassy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/nl-oud\/antiek\/verkocht\/chinees-theater-naar-william-alexander-1796\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Inter Antiquariaat Mefferdt &amp; 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