Portrait of Van-Ta-Zhin, a military Mandarin

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Title
Portrait of Van-Ta-Zhin, a military Mandarin
Date
n.d.
Copyright and Source Archive
British Library
Document Type
  • Illustration
Description
From The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings. Published by William Miller: London, 1805. This shows an officer appointed to attend the British Embassy. He wears a cap with a peacock feather, a blue cotton jacket and a silk vest. From his girdle hangs his handkerchief, knife, chopsticks and purses for tobacco. He has a bow and quiver of arrows. His boots are of satin, with thick soles of paper: 'these are always worn by the mandarins and superior Chinese'.