Title: Lot of 4 hand-colored copper-engravings Author: Alexander, William Place: London Publisher: G. Nicol Date: 1796-97 Description: With: Punishment of the Tcha (basis for the 1843 engraving by Thomas Allom ; A Mandarin or Magistrate of Turon Attended by his Piper-Bearer; View of Turon Bay (Vietnam); Natives of Cochin-China, Playing at Shuttlecock with the Feet (this image was used by Allom for his 1843 engraving). Together, 4 prints. Images approx. 9x7", on 22¼x16½" folio sheets. With 20th century hand-coloring. Important engravings from the first British Embassy to China. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear overall, three with old and slight marginal dampstains; else very good or better. Item number: 190823
Title: Lot of 4 hand-colored copper-engravings Author: Alexander, William Place: London Publisher: G. Nicol Date: 1796-97 Description: With: Punishment of the Tcha (basis for the 1843 engraving by Thomas Allom ; A Mandarin or Magistrate of Turon Attended by his Piper-Bearer; View of Turon Bay (Vietnam); Natives of Cochin-China, Playing at Shuttlecock with the Feet (this image was used by Allom for his 1843 engraving). Together, 4 prints. Images approx. 9x7", on 22¼x16½" folio sheets. With 20th century hand-coloring. Important engravings from the first British Embassy to China. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear overall, three with old and slight marginal dampstains; else very good or better. Item number: 190823
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