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A Front View of the Hall of Audience at the Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Section and Elevation of a Wheel used by the Chinese for raising Water
William Skelton (1763 - 1848)
I Burrow
Plans, Sections, Elevations, etc. of the Great Wall of China and some of the Towers near the Pass of Cou-Pe-Keou
Joseph Baker
Henry William Parish
Chinese Military drawn out in Compliment to the British Embassador [sic]
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy ( - 1799)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Interview with the Viceroy of Egypt, at his Palace, Alexandria, May 12th 1839
Louis Haghe (1806 - 1885)
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Sketch of a Journey from Hang-Tchoo-Foo to Quang-Tchoo-Foo or Canton in China
J Barrow
B Baker
Plan, Section and Elevation of the Poo-Ta-La, or Temple of the Lama at Zhe-Hol in Tartary
Joseph Baker
Henry William Parish
A Sketch of a Journey from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by Land to Pekin and from thence by Water to Hang-Tchoo-Foo in China
J Barrow
B Baker
Economy of Time and Labor, exemplified in a Chinese Waterman
Thomas Medland
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Instruments of War used by the Chinese
Thomas Medland
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
A Mandarin or Magistrate of Turon attended by his Pipe-Bearer
James Caldwall (1739 - c.1823)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Chinese Barges of the Embassy passing through a Sluice on the Grand Canal
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy ( - 1799)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Plan of the Hall of Audience and the Adjacent Courts in the Emperor’s Gardens at Yuen-Min-Yuen
J Barrow
Joseph Baker
The Rock of Quang-Yin, with an Excavation near it’s [sic] Base, serving as a Temple and Dwelling for several Priests of Fo
John George Landseer (1769 - 1852)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Plan and Section of a Sluice or Flood Gate on the Grand Canal of China
Joseph Baker
A View of Poo-Ta-La or Great Temple near Zhe-Hol in Tartary
Henry William Parish
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy ( - 1799)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
View of the Tower of the Thundering Winds on the borders of the Lake See-Hoo, taken from the Vale of Tombs
John George Landseer (1769 - 1852)
T Shirt
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
A Scene in an Historical Play exhibited on the Chinese Stage
James Heath (1757 - 1834)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
A Chinese Military Post
John Pass
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Sketch of the Pay-Ho or White River, and of the Road from Pekin to Geho taken 1793
Henry William Parish
B Baker
The Pelicanus Sinensis, or Fishing Corvorant of China
Sydenham Teast Edwards (1769 - 1819)
William Skelton (1763 - 1848)
Cape Macartney & Staunton’s Island / Cape Macartney & Cape Gower / View of the City of Ten-Tchoo-Foo from the Anchorage of the Hindostan in the Strait of Mi-a-Tau
Ellis
Sketches of the Island of Santo Paulo, commonly called Amsterdam, in the Indian Ocean / View of the Island of Santo Paulo, or Amsterdam, the Conical Rock near the Entrance of the crater bearing West, distant one Mile
J Barrow
Henry William Parish
Perron
William Skelton (1763 - 1848)
View of a Pai-Loo, improperly called a Triumphal Arch, and of a Chinese Fortress
J, (engraver) Chapman
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
The Fire-backed Pheasant of Java
Sydenham Teast Edwards (1769 - 1819)
William Skelton (1763 - 1848)
His Majesty King George III and the Officers of State Receiving the Turkish Ambassador and Suit
Daniel Orme (1765 - )
Mather Brown (1761 - 1831)
View in Turon Bay
John George Landseer (1769 - 1852)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Natives of Cochin-China, playing at Shittlecock with their Feet
John George Landseer (1769 - 1852)
T Shirt
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Punishment of the Tcha
Inigo Hall
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
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