Drawing by William Alexander, draughtsman of the Macartney Embassy to China in 1793. The tradesman wears a sleeveless pink jacket of silk, with a collar of velvet. His stockings are of cotton quilt and his shoes are embroidered. His pipe, pouch, knife and chopsticks are suspended from a sash; in his right hand there is a basket with yàn wō (燕窝, or swallow' nests) woven from sea-weeds, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine, which he carries for sale. The background is a view of Han-tcheou-foo, the capital of the province of Tche-kiang. Image taken from "The Costume of China, illustrated in forty-eight coloured engravings", published in London in 1805.