Houckgeest.JPG
Summary
Description Houckgeest.JPG |
English:
Illustration depicting the last European delegation to be received at the
Qianlong
Court in 1795 --
Isaac Titsingh
(seated European with hat, far left) and
A.E. van Braam Houckgeest
(seated European without hat). This nearly-contemporaneous artwork had been specifically commissioned by van Braam for inclusion in his 1798 book describing the travels and triumphs of the Titsingh mission to "Pekin" a scant three years earlier.
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Date | |
Source | Picture from BRAAM HOUCKGEEST, A. E. VAN. Voyage de l'ambassade de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales Hollandaises, vers l'empereur de la Chine, dans les années 1794 & 1795. Found on http://www.smitskamp.nl/653-MFE.HTM |
Author | artist unknown |
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