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Image number: RS.6190
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‘Palace at Pekin’ [Beijing]
Date
1669
Creator
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 - 1677, Bohemian) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
56950
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 298mm
width (print): 298mm
Subject
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> Slavery
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> Colonialism
> Political doctrines
> Slavery
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> Colonialism
Content object
Description
View of the inner court of the Imperial Palace in Peking [Beijing]. Inscribed above: ‘PROSPECT OF Y INNER COURT OF THE EMPEROURS PALACE at PEKIN.’ Key to numerical annotations as follows: ‘1.Palace where the Emperour Throne is, 2.The two Ambassadors, 3. Ambassador from the Great Mogul, 4. Twelve snow-white horses, 5.A Herald, 6. Emperours Liffe-guards.’
Plate from the book An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China...., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669).
John Nieuhoff (1618-1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China under Peter van Goyer and Jacob van Keyser, ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company.
The Dutch East India Copmany (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) was an amalgamation of Dutch trading companies established in 1602 to trade with India, where the majority of Europe’s cotton and silk originated from. It began operating in South Asia, and over the next century expanded its colonial operations to Mauritius and South Africa. The VOC is known to have used enslaved people for labour across its settlements throughout the 17th century.
Plate from the book An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China...., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669).
John Nieuhoff (1618-1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China under Peter van Goyer and Jacob van Keyser, ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company.
The Dutch East India Copmany (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) was an amalgamation of Dutch trading companies established in 1602 to trade with India, where the majority of Europe’s cotton and silk originated from. It began operating in South Asia, and over the next century expanded its colonial operations to Mauritius and South Africa. The VOC is known to have used enslaved people for labour across its settlements throughout the 17th century.
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