File:PORTRAIT OF CHOW-TA-ZHIN, in his Dress of Ceremony.jpg

English: Chow-Ta-Zhin（喬大人）, a Quan, or Mandarin, who was entrusted with the care of the British Embassy to China in 1793. The blue ball on his round cap with a peacock feather, indicates his rank. He is attired in full court dress, being a loose gown of silk or satin, covering an under-vest richly embroidered in silk of vivid colors; the square badge on his breast is of rich embroidery, and contains the figure of an imaginary bird, which denotes the wearer to be a Mandarin of letters (a tiger on the badge would show the person to be in a military capacity). The beads worn around the neck are of coral, agate, or perfumed wood, exquisitely carved. In his hand Chow-Ta-Zhin holds a paper relative to the Embassy's affairs. Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy. Image taken from The Costume of China, illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings, published in London in 1805.