Title
[View of the Chinese Grand Canal] / WA f.
Creator
Alexander, William, 1767-1816, artist.
Publication details
[1793]
Physical details
1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 30.1 x 46.8 cm, on support 38.7 x 54.9 cm
Description
Sailing ships and barges in a canal, with figures sitting on the banks on both sides, lake on the left and cottages under trees on the right. Signed with initials at bottom right and annotated in pencil on verso: 'Canal & Lake. Oct.r 1793'. Pasted on mount with washlines.
Place
Jiangsu Sheng (China)
Additional information
Described as 'A View on the Grand Canal where it is carried along the side of a large lake and divided from it by a strong embankment of earth. At this place the bargemen were busily employed in getting down the large single masts and erecting others consisting of two pieces which by turning on swivels can be instantly struck so as to permit the barges to pass under the arches of bridges' in manuscript notes bound with the drawings. Old record titled 'A colored view "on the Grand Canal, where it is carried along the side of a large lake [Pao-Yng, Jiangsu], and divided from it by a strong embankment of earth;" drawn in Oct., 1793, by W. Alexander'. Engraved in Staunton, Atlas, No. 36.
Other persons
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, patron.
Shelfmark
Maps 8 TAB.c.8.4.