Global Encounters and the Archives: Britain’s Empire in the Age of Horace Walpole
Item
The Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite at the Court of Pekin, September 14, 1792
Title
The Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite at the Court of Pekin, September 14, 1792
Description
Gillray's print imagines Lord George Maccartney visiting the Chinese emperor on behalf of King George III. The sinister-looking emperor with claw-like hands finds his counterpart in the slides of the gifted magic lantern, which depict devils chasing after men. Perhaps a key to the scene as a whole, the magic lantern projected images –including fantastic and stereotypic imaginings of the empire's "others." Catalog Record
Contributor
Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Library
Creator
James Gillray
