Chinese mandarin in common dress, 18th century. He wears spectacles, a light gown, and carries a fan, long tobacco pipe and pouch. A straw hat lies on the ground. Mandarin en costume ordinaire. 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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