Scrap Book. Costumes.

Watercolour illustrations of Chinese dress. Produced by the Studio of Fatqua (Chinese, fl. 1810-1830), Painter in Oils and Water Colours and on Glass, China Street, Canton [identified by ornate label adhered to inside cover]. English captions. Plates show largely the dress of Manchu ('Tartar') offi...

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Archive & Special Collections CWML MSS/504 Open

Order number: CWML MSS 504
Date(s) of creation: [early 19th century]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Subjects:
Ethnic groups
China

collection SOAS Archive
id CWML_MSS.504
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWML MSS 504
callnumber CWML MSS/504
callnumber_txt CWML MSS/504
callnumber-sort CWML MSS/504
prefix_number 504
title Scrap Book. Costumes.
scb_date_creation [early 19th century]
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 vol (22 colour plates)
format Archive
description Watercolour illustrations of Chinese dress. Produced by the Studio of Fatqua (Chinese, fl. 1810-1830), Painter in Oils and Water Colours and on Glass, China Street, Canton [identified by ornate label adhered to inside cover]. English captions. Plates show largely the dress of Manchu ('Tartar') officials. Individual plates include: Hwang-tae-tsze. A prince of the blood; a Tartar [Tatar ethnic group] Princess; dress of a Member of the Imperial Family, brother, uncle & c.; Wife of the preceding - also a Tartar; the full dress of a General; dress of a person of the second rank - a Viceroy & c.; Wife of a person of second rank - a Tartar; a Eunuch; a Chinese of the first rank; a Chinese Lady [Chinese woman] of the first rank; Military dress of the third rank; a Tartar General of the first rank; Wife of the preceding - a Tartar; an 'inferior' military officer; an old man of 90 years, on whom the Emperor confers the 7th rank; Wife of the preceding; an Ensign; Court dress of a graduate called Keu-jin (juren), a raised man; Wife of the preceding; Person of the 3rd rank; an 'inferior' graduate called Sew-Tsae (xincai); Wife of the preceding. [Incomplete?]
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb-callnumber-first Ethnic groups
China
topic Ethnic groups
China
topic_facet Ethnic groups
China
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWML MSS
hierarchy_sequence CWML_MSS.00504

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