澳门《神州交流》杂志2008年10月号刊发香港大学亚洲研究中心名誉研究员魏白蒂先生的文章:《从伦敦出现的阮元画像谈鸦片战争前广东之中英关系》,介绍了伦敦出现的一幅“令人叫绝”的珍贵的阮元画像(如图),并作了考证。这幅画像由阮元任两广总督时英国负责东印度公司的阿姆斯顿爵士所拥有,后来一直藏于英国私人之手,直至2001年始现身拍卖场所。在画像的反面, In a October 2008 issue of “China Communication Magazine” published by Mr. Wei Baidi, an Honorary Fellow at the Center for Asian Studies of Hong Kong University, “The Ruan Yuan portraits from London about the Sino-British relations before Guangdong during the Opium War” A “ridiculous ” precious Ruan Yuan portrait (pictured), and made a research. This portrait was owned by Sir Rimrod, the late Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, owned by Sir Armsten of the United Kingdom in charge of the East India Company, and later hid in private hands in the United Kingdom until the beginning of 2001. On the reverse side of the portrait,