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.