Sui-fung-ta, or temple of the thundering winds. A Chinese monk stands on a road in prayer looking up at a circular building covered in grass, shrubs and moss seen among trees on top of a hill in the Vale of Tombs, with lake See-hoo, village, pagoda and mountains in the background, within washlines. One of ‘Three colored views of the "Lake Si-hoo, near Hangtcheou-foo, and of the Sui-fung-ta, or temple of the thundering winds." . A collection of eighty views, maps, portraits and drawings illustrative of the Embassy sent to China under George, Earl of Macartney, in 1793; drawn chiefly by William Alexander, some by Sir John Barrow, Bart., some by Sir Henry Woodbine Parish, and one by William Gomm. Many of them are engraved in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy, published in 1797. 1793. 1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 36 x 46 cm. Source: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.86.c.

SIR JOHN BARROW

Sui-fung-ta, or temple of the thundering winds. A Chinese monk stands on a road in prayer looking up at a circular building covered in grass, shrubs and moss seen among trees on top of a hill in the Vale of Tombs, with lake See-hoo, village, pagoda and mountains in the background, within washlines. One of ‘Three colored views of the "Lake Si-hoo, near Hangtcheou-foo, and of the Sui-fung-ta, or temple of the thundering winds." . A collection of eighty views, maps, portraits and drawings illustrative of the Embassy sent to China under George, Earl of Macartney, in 1793; drawn chiefly by William Alexander, some by Sir John Barrow, Bart., some by Sir Henry Woodbine Parish, and one by William Gomm. Many of them are engraved in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy, published in 1797. 1793. 1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 36 x 46 cm. Source: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.86.c.

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