His Excellency, High Imperial Commissioner Qiying [Ch’i-ying, Keying] (1787-1858)
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Whitehall
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- bird, beard, moustache, Chinese, man, 19th century costume, robe, necklace, pearls, feather (fashion accessory), diplomat, footstool
- Materials & Techniques
- parchment, gouache (as artists material), ink, gouache (as object name), Ink drawing
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Details
- Artist
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Chinese 19th century unknown
- Title
- His Excellency, High Imperial Commissioner Qiying [Ch’i-ying, Keying] (1787-1858)
- Date
- Medium
- Gouache and ink on parchment
- Dimensions
- height: 250.00 cm, width: 125.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Presented by Lt Colonel G A M Vandeleur, May 1960
- Provenance
- Collection of His Excellency, High Imperial Commissioner Qiying [Ch'i-ying, Keying] (1787-1858); by whom sent to army officer and Governor of Hong Kong Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet (1789-1856) in c.1845; by descent to Lady Howard of Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire; by descent to Howard's son Lieutenant Colonel Giles A. M. Vandeleur; by whom presented to the Ministry of Works in 1960
- GAC number
- 5154