PLAN, SECTION and ELEVATION of the POO-TA-LA of TEMPLE of the LAMA at ZHE-HOL in TARTARY

PLAN, SECTION and ELEVATION of the POO-TA-LA of TEMPLE of the LAMA at ZHE-HOL in TARTARY
This monumental temple which looks more like a fortified tower was drawn by HW Parish in 1793.
This antique original copper plate engraving is from Sir George Leonard Staunton's atlas folio of prints to accompany "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China . Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney". The work was published in London by G.Nicol in 1797.
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806) was dispatched to Beijing in 1792 travelling via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by George Staunton, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Stauntonâ s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassadorâ s page. On the embassy's arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to converse with the Emperor. The embassy, the first such to China, had two objectives: the first to register with the Emperor British displeasure at the treatment that the British merchants were receiving from the Chinese, the second to gain permission for a British minister to be resident in China. The first objective was achieved, the second was not.
Macartney returned to England via Macao and St. Helena, arriving in September 1794.
Conditions: There is very light toning and some foxing mostly to the edges. There may be a few imperfections to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition.
Could be restored or framed as it is to show off its age and the journey its been on.
A fascinating episode of history related in: Peyrefitte, Alain. The Collision of Two Civilisations: The British Expedition to China 1792 - 4. Transl. Jon Rothschild, Harper Collins 1993 (orig. 1989)
PS I wish I knew if the temple still exists or its exact location.
Would be posted rolled in a poster tube.