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Auction 147, Lot 618
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"View of the Great Wall of China, Called Van-Lee-Tching, or Wall of Ten Thousand Lee Taken Near the Pass of Cou-Pe-Koo", Nicol, George

Subject: Great Wall of China

Period: 1796 (dated)

Publication: An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King … to the Emperor of China

Color: Black & White

Size:
17.8 x 12 inches
45.2 x 30.5 cm
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This striking view of the Great Wall of China comes from Sir George Staunton's An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China..., a multi-volume work recounting the failed efforts of the Macartney Embassy to improve trade relations with China in 1793. Staunton wrote about the Great Wall in glowing terms, proclaiming, "The masonry and brick work in the Towers alone exceed those of all London." Drawn by William Alexander from a sketch by H.W. Parish and engraved by Thomas Medland.

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Condition: B+

On watermarked paper with good margins and light foxing.

Estimate: $200 - $240

Sold for: $275

Closed on 11/20/2013

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