Barges of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China on the Grand Canal
Watercolour
ca. 1790s (painted)
ca. 1790s (painted)
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Watercolour depicting the Macartney Mission on its voyage to China.
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| Title | Barges of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China on the Grand Canal (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, 'Barges of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China on the Grand Canal', by William Alexander, ca. 1790s. |
| Physical description | Watercolour depicting the Macartney Mission on its voyage to China. |
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| Bibliographic reference | The Macartney Embassy, also called the Macartney Mission, was a British embassy to China in 1793. It is named for the first envoy of Great Britain to China, George Macartney, who led the endeavor. The goal of the embassy was to convince Chinese Emperor Qianlong to ease restrictions on trade between Great Britain and China by allowing Great Britain to have a permanent embassy in Beijing, possession of "a small unfortified island near Chusan for the residence of English traders, storage of goods, and outfitting of ships," and reduced tariffs on traders in Guangzhou. |
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| Accession number | FA.695 |
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| Record created | December 19, 2012 |
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