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Add MS 33931
- Record Id:
- 032-002024847
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002024847
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000054.0x0000ce
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 33931
- Title:
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ORIGINAL DRAWINGS made by Sir John Barrow, Bart., William Alexander, Samuel Daniell, and Captain Henry William Parish, R.A., on the Embassy to China under Earl Macartney in 1792-93. Some were engraved for Sir George Staunton's Account of an Embassy to China (London, 1797), some for Sir John Barrow's Travels in China (London, 1804), and some for his Voyage to Cochin China (London, 1806). The volume also contains engravings of some of the drawings; and, at the beginning, portraits of Lord Macartney, Sir J. Barrow, Sir George Leonard Staunton and his son Sir George Thomaa Staunton. Paper; ff. 37. Quarto. Presented by the same.
- Scope & Content:
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George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Drawings by members of his embassy to China: 1792-93.
Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet; Second Secretary to the Admiralty: Drawings, on Lord Macartney's embassy to China: 1792-1793.
Topography Collections of Drawings: Drawings by Sir J. Barrow and others, on an embassy to China: 1792-93.
China: Drawings male on Lord Macartney's embassy to: 1792-1793.
Samuel Daniell, Artist: Drawings on Lord Macartney's embassy to China: 1792-1793.
William Alexander, Artist: Drawings, on Lord Macartney's embassy to China: 1792-1793.
Captain Henry William Parish, RA: Drawings, on Lord Macartney's embassy to China: 1792-93.
includes:
- ff. 2, 3 Art. Portraits: George, Earl Macartney: late 18th cent.
- ff. 2, 3 George Macartney, Baron (1776) and Earl Macartney 1794: Portraits: late 18th cent.
- f. 4 Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet; Second Secretary to the Admiralty: Portrait,: 1846.: Engr.
- f. 4 Art. Portraits: Sir John Barrow, Bart.: 1846.: Engr.
- f. 5 Art. Portraits: Sir G. L. Staunton, Bart.: 1792.: Engr.
- f. 5 Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Baronet: Portrait: 1792.: Engr.
- f. 6 Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet; MP: Portrait: 1832-1833.: Engr.
- f. 6 Art. Portraits: Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart.: 1832-33.: Engr.
- f. 6 Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet; MP: Autograph: 1857.
- f. 7 Van-ta-Gin, Chinese officer: Portrait: 1792-93.
- f. 7 Art. Portraits: Van-ta-Gin, Chinese officer: 1792-93.
- f. 12 Ordnance: Sketches of Chinese artillery, by Capt. H. W. Parish: 1793.
- f. 12 b Musical Instruments: Sketches of Chinese musical instruments: 1792-93.
- f. 16 Funchal, Madeira: Drawing of chamber of skulls in Franciscan convent: 1792.
- ff. 17, 18 Sta. Cruz, the Island of Teneriffe: Views of: 1792.
- ff. 19, 20 Porto Praya, Island of St. Jago, Cape Verd Isles: Views of: 1792.
- ff. 21-28 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Views in and near: 1792.
- ff. 26-28 Maps and Plans: Harbour and town of Rio de Janeiro: 1792.
- f. 31 Maps and Plans: Sketch of the peninsula of New Gibraltar, in Turon Bay, Cochin China: 1792.
- f. 31 Turon, Cochin China: Sketch of the peninsula of New Gibraltar: 1792.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002024847
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002024847
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_33931 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Colonel John Barrow, FRS, FSA: Presented,: in 1890.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)