'The Root China' mb-code 1193021 Gladstone as the potman

Gladstone as the potman

9th February 1974

Sir Algernon Lee Guinness at the wheel of a Sunbeam

Lower section shows three views of Mansion House

'Explanation of Plate XXIV'

'The Root China' mb-code 1193021 Gladstone as the potmanBotanical study of 'The Root China' (Ginseng), with mountains and a settlement visible in the background. The accompanying text states that the plant is used in the treatment of 'Spanish pox' and gout. Plate from the book An embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669). John Nieuhoff (1618 1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China