Image of Plan, Section and Geometrical Elevation of the Great Wall and

Plan, Section and Geometrical Elevation of the Great Wall and a Tower, near the Pass...

IMAGE number: BL3308654
Image title: Plan, Section and Geometrical Elevation of the Great Wall and a Tower, near the Pass at Cou-pe-keou. / H. W. Parish Royal Artillery 1793. Summary: View of a castellated tower and fragment of wall from one side and from above, with section of the wall and views of two types of bricks used in its construction; scale, key and explanatory text on the right. 'Four colored "plans, sections, elevations, and view of the great wall of China, with the pass at Cou-pe-keow;" drawn by H.W. Parish in 1793, on a scale of 20 feet to an inch'.
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: 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. Author: Parish, William Henry / Illustrator: Parish, William Henry 1793 Source/Shelfmark: Maps 8 TAB.c.8.75.a. (No.5 E.E.E.E. - 1. & 43 in pencil). 1 drawing: Ink and wash; sheet 23.2 x 37.2 cm; Scale 1: 240. 20 feet to an inch.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: China / Asia / world heritage site / asia / 18th century / great wall of china / complexes / document / plan

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