Title
[Chinese Bridge] / WA.
Creator
Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.
Publication details
[1793]
Physical details
1 drawing : watercolour, ink and graphite ; sheet 30.9 x 47 cm, on support 39.5 x 55.7 cm
Description
Barges and houseboats at a river junction, with two bridges and a village in the background and figures on the banks. Pasted on mount with washlines and annotated in pencil on verso: 'Bridges & part of a City. Nov.r 1793'.
Place
Jiangsu Sheng (China)
Additional information
Described in old record as 'A colored view, in Jiangsu, of a Chinese Bridge, with several accommodation barges with their masts struck, in order to pass through the arch; shewing also how smaller canals communicate with the grand one, without incommoding foot passengers'."
Other persons
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, patron.
Shelfmark
Maps 8 TAB.c.8.85.