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Harvesting tea leaves. From a series of paintings depicting tea curing. China; Qing dynasty, 19th century. Detail of 03-07-03/37.
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Harvesting tea leaves. From a series of paintings depicting tea curing. China; Q...

Tchien Lung (aka Qianlong, 1711-1799) - Emperor of China, Qing dynasty. William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the Chinese Emperor in Beijing from 1792 to 1794. From numerous sketches he made during his stay, he painted this watercolour scene and many others when he returned to England. He had engravings made and published of some of his views.
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Tchien Lung (aka Qianlong, 1711-1799) - Emperor of China, Qing dynasty. William...

William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the Chinese Emperor in Beijing from 1792 to 1794. From numerous sketches he made during his stay, he painted this watercolour scene and many others when he returned to England. He had engravings made and published of some of his views.
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William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the...

Representation of the Chinese court of justice held at the British factory of Canton on the 8th of March 1807 in the presence and at the special requisition of the British Authorities for an enquiry into a charge of homicide laid against the seamen of the East India Company's ship Neptune. Aquatint; 19th century.
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Representation of the Chinese court of justice held at the British factory of Ca...

The Bengal Levee, showing Lord Cornwallis (Governor General of Bengal) in a crowd of sycophants. Coloured etching after an original drawing made on the spot. London, 1792. Shelfmark: P1001
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The Bengal Levee, showing Lord Cornwallis (Governor General of Bengal) in a crow...

Map of Cambridge. From De antiquitate Cantebrigiensis Academi: libri duo by John Keys, engraved by Richard Line. London; 1574. Shelfmark: C.24.a.27
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Map of Cambridge. From De antiquitate Cantebrigiensis Academi: libri duo by Joh...

The boat of the Emperor Yang-Ti (Sui dynasty, 581-618). Yang-Ti undertook several large projects during his rule, most notably the completion of the Grand Canal, which is the largest ancient canal or artificial river in the world. From the Life of the Chinese Emperors. Qing dynasty, 17th century. Engraving.
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The boat of the Emperor Yang-Ti (Sui dynasty, 581-618). Yang-Ti undertook sever...

The Chinese junk, "Keying", Captain Kellett. The Junk Keying was a Chinese junk which sailed from China around the Cape of Good Hope to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848. She is of particular interest, since she testifies to the power of Chinese shipping and shipbuilding at the time of the beginning of industrialization in the West.
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The Chinese junk, "Keying", Captain Kellett. The Junk Keying was a Chinese junk...

Opium Ships at Lintin in China, 1824. The East India Company sold opium grown in Bengal to China in exchange for Chinese tea and porcelain. When others became involved in opium exports after 1833, the trade eventually led to the Opium Wars between China and Britain in the 1840s and 1850s. Engraved by Duncan Edward after a watercolour by William John Huggins. England; 1838.
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Opium Ships at Lintin in China, 1824. The East India Company sold opium grown i...

Battle of Cape St. Vincent - Admiral Nelson boarding the San Josef and receiving the Spanish Admiral's sword. The naval Battle of Cape St. Vincent took place on February 14, 1797, near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, between a British fleet and a Spanish fleet and was an important battle during the Wars of the French Revolution.
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Battle of Cape St. Vincent - Admiral Nelson boarding the San Josef and receivin...

The Third Estate, the clergy and the nobility shouldering the national debt. French Revolution. Engraving; 1789.
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The Third Estate, the clergy and the nobility shouldering the national debt. Fre...

France (symbolized by a globe) is carried by the Third Estate with nobility and clergy on either side. The beehive represents the three united orders. French Revolution. Engraving; 1789.
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France (symbolized by a globe) is carried by the Third Estate with nobility and...