The Macartney Embassy returns to London without…
1794 CE
The painter William Alexander, who accompanied the embassy, publishes numerous engravings based on his watercolors.
Sir George Staunton is charged with producing the official account of the expedition after their return.
This multi-volume work, which will be published in 1797, is taken chiefly from the papers of Lord Macartney and from the papers of Sir Erasmus Gower, who had been Commander of the expedition.
Sir Joseph Banks is responsible for selecting and arranging engraving of the illustrations in this official record.
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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
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Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
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James Dinwiddie
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John Barrow, 1st Baronet
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Joseph Banks
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Qianlong Emperor
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Sir George Leonard Staunton
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Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet
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Thomas Hickey
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William Alexander
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William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
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William Pitt the Younger
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