Chinese lady of rank, Peking, 18th century. She wears an rich headdress and embroidered silk gown, holds a tobacco pipe and pouch. She has a colourful songbird on her finger. The buildings are near the West Gate of Beijing. Chinois de qualite. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries’ La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois, China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries (1767-1846) was a French geographer, author and translator.

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