View in the Eastern side of the Imperial Park at Gehol.
Creator
Date Created
1804
Identifier
University of Otago Library Special Collections (DeBeer) - Ec 1804 B
s26
Publisher
London : Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies ...
Description
"The Emperor having been informed that, in the course of our travels in China we had shown a strong desire of seeing every thing curious and interesting, was pleased to give directions to the first minister to shew us his park or garden at Gehol. It is called ... Paradise of ten thousand (or innumerable) trees" ( Alexander, 1804, p. 127).
Format
Intaglio prints
Engravings
Extent
280 mm
Medium
hand-coloured aquatint
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Source
Travel in China : containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Pekin to Canton : in which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilized nations / by John Barrow (London : Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies ..., 1804), facing p. 128.
Is Part Of
Travels in China, 1966-71.
Is Version Of
a sketch by Captain Parish, Royal Artillery
Files
Collection
Citation
Alexander, William, 1767-1816, “View in the Eastern side of the Imperial Park at Gehol.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 13, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/show/5997.