Portrait of Cochin-Chinese soldier. Portrait of a barefoot soldier standing full-length facing front, leaning on a wooden fence and holding a sheathed sword over his shoulder, dressed in knee-length wide trousers, long-sleeved chemise and turban, with sailing ships on river in the background. Signed with initials at bottom right and pasted on mount with washlines. . [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, ink and graphite ; sheet 38.7 x 23.5 cm, on support 41.8 x 28.6 cm. Source: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.42.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1767-1816)

Portrait of Cochin-Chinese soldier. Portrait of a barefoot soldier standing full-length facing front, leaning on a wooden fence and holding a sheathed sword over his shoulder, dressed in knee-length wide trousers, long-sleeved chemise and turban, with sailing ships on river in the background. Signed with initials at bottom right and pasted on mount with washlines. . [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, ink and graphite ; sheet 38.7 x 23.5 cm, on support 41.8 x 28.6 cm. Source: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.42.

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