Views of 18th Century China: Costumes, History, Customs

by William Alexander, George Henry Mason, Murray MacLehose (Foreword)

With 109 color plates.

223 pages, Hardcover

First published December 12, 1988

About the author

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William Alexander was an English painter, illustrator and engraver. The hallmarks of his work, usually executed in watercolours, were clearness and harmony of colour, simplicity and taste in composition, grace of outline, and delicacy of execution. He accompanied the Macartney Embassy to China in 1792.