Actor playing a general in the Peking Opera, 18th century

Actor playing a general in the Peking Opera, 18th century. Chinese theatre actor in costume with embroidered breastplate on his chest, shoulder armour, and painted loincloth with a tiger's face. Comedien. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by William Alexander from J-B. Eyries La Chine: Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Chinois, - China: Costumes, Manners and Mores of the Chinese, Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1822. Jean-Baptiste Eyries - (1767-1846) was a - French - geographer, author and translator

 china 1822 18th Century Breastplate Comedien French -  geographer J-b. Eyries Jean-baptiste Eyries La Chine Librairie De Gide Fils Loincloth Manners And Mores Of The Chinese Moeurs Et Usages Des Chinois Translator William Alexander

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