File:A FUNERAL PROCESSION.jpg

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English: Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. A funeral procession in China. The leader of the procession is a priest, who carries a lighted match, with tin-foil and crackers, to which he sets fire when passing a temple or other building for sacred purposes. Following are four musicians with gongs, flutes and trumpets; two persons holding banners; two mourners and a distressed relative. The coffin is carried by four men. A horse-driven carriage containing three females is at the end of the funeral procession. Image taken from The Costume of China, illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings, published in London in 1805.
Date circa 1800
date QS:P,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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William Alexander  (1767–1816)  wikidata:Q961465 s:en:Author:William Alexander (1767-1816)
 
William Alexander
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Mr. Alexander; W. Alexander
Description British painter, drafter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 10 April 1767 Edit this at Wikidata 23 July 1816 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Maidstone Maidstone
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creator QS:P170,Q961465
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