Portrait of the Purveyor

The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c Author: Alexander, William / William Miller: London, 1805 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: 455.e.9, plate 9 Portrait of the Purveyor for the Embassy, while the Ambassador remained at Macao. His external jacket is of sheep skin, with a collar of sable, or fox skin. Under this is worn a vest of silk. He wears a felt cap. From the girdle on the right side hangs a flint and steel, and knife sheath; on the left, purses for tobacco, or snuff. He carries a box containing sweetmeats, a token of his regard for the Embasssy. The background is a scene at Macao. Image taken from The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Originally published/produced in William Miller: London, 1805.