[SHANDONG PENNINSULA - ANTIQUE PRINT] ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (ARTIST); ELLIS, WILLIAM (ENGRAVER).

View of the City of Ten-Tchoo-Foo from the anchorage of the Hindostan in the Strait of Mi-a-tau bearing South-west.
[and] Cape Macartney, Staunton's Island, Cape Gower.

(London). circa 1797. Stock ID #197707

Engraving, 54.4 x 76 cms (platemark); 57.5 x 63.5 cms (sheet) original fold; edgewear and toning (pronounced at the fold), light offsetting, good dark impressions.

Triptych of elegant engravings after the work of William Alexander published in George Staunton's official account of the 1st Earl Macartney's embassy to China (1792-1794); the flagship Hindostan is seen at anchorage in the lower engraving.

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