Title
[Chinese farmhouse].
Creator
Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.
Publication details
[1793]
Physical details
1 drawing : watercolour, ink and graphite ; sheet 15.8 x 20.2 cm, on support 18.8 x 23.2 cm
Description
Two young women wearing loose tunics over wide trousers in the foreground, one of them smoking a long pipe; three men with horse, cart, and baskets hanging from a bamboo pole work outside farm buildings in the background. Pasted on mount with washline.
Place
China
Additional information
Described as 'A Chinese farmhouse with Portraits of two Country girls' in manuscript notes bound with the drawings. Many images in this series were reproduced in Sir George Staunton's Narrative of the Embassy, published in 1797.
Other persons
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, patron.
Shelfmark
Maps 8 TAB.c.8.24.