Genre: genre subject / Image Available: Available / Creator: Alexander, William, 1767–1816 / Work Type: watercolor

1. Barges of the Embassy Being Raised from One Canal to Another on Their Way from Han-Tcheou-Foo to Tchu-San, 16 November 1793

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 5/8 inches (26.5 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Conway, North Wales: The Castle and the Old College House

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, yellow wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 7/8 inches (20.3 × 30.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Remains of a Bridge at San-Sien-Wey on the Pei-Ho near Tong-Tcheou, August 15, 1793

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 7/8 inches (10.2 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Raree Show

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches (19.4 × 15.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Three Chinese Women Street Vendors

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 inches (9.9 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View Near the City of Tientsin

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 14 5/16 inches (22.9 x 36.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Fort Opposite the Factory, Canton

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor. pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 inches (11.4 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Study of a Farm Cart

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 5 inches (15.6 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Group of English Children: Distant View of St. Paul's

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 1/8 inches (12.4 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Mourning at a Tomb

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: between 1792 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Fisherpeople on a Junk

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 inches (14.9 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Chinese Beggar

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (19.1 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Village Street, Figures by Old Cottages

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (35.2 x 26.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Kentish Street Scene

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 13 3/8 inches (21.9 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. One of the Embassy Yachts

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A Chinese Girl

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 1/4 inches (16.8 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Two Chinese Figures: A Seller of Hats and a Man Sitting Cross-Legged, Smoking a Pipe

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 7 15/16 inches (18.5 x 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Lady Macartney's Villa at Chiswick

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: after 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 7/8 inches (21 x 30.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Stone Cottages in a Mountainous Landscape with a Figure in the Foreground

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 10 3/8 inches (18.1 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Chinese Carrier with His Sail-Set Barrow

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Yellow wash, brown wash, watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 10 9/16 inches (22.9 x 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Natives of Cochin Playing Shuttlecock in China

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1792 to 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. View in China: Figures with Pagoda and Mountain

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1792 to 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (19.7 x 24.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. View in the Province of Kiang-nan, China, Taken from Nature

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 9/16 x 9 11/16 inches (19.2 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Barges of the Embassy Being Raised from One Canal to Another on Their Way from Han-Tcheou-Foo to Tchu-San, 16 November 1793

2. Conway, North Wales: The Castle and the Old College House

3. Remains of a Bridge at San-Sien-Wey on the Pei-Ho near Tong-Tcheou, August 15, 1793

4. A Raree Show

5. City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal

6. Three Chinese Women Street Vendors

7. View Near the City of Tientsin

8. Fort Opposite the Factory, Canton

9. Study of a Farm Cart

10. Group of English Children: Distant View of St. Paul's

11. Mourning at a Tomb

12. Fisherpeople on a Junk

13. A Chinese Beggar

14. A Village Street, Figures by Old Cottages

15. Kentish Street Scene

16. One of the Embassy Yachts

17. A Chinese Girl

18. Two Chinese Figures: A Seller of Hats and a Man Sitting Cross-Legged, Smoking a Pipe

19. Lady Macartney's Villa at Chiswick

20. Stone Cottages in a Mountainous Landscape with a Figure in the Foreground

21. Chinese Carrier with His Sail-Set Barrow

22. Natives of Cochin Playing Shuttlecock in China

23. View in China: Figures with Pagoda and Mountain

24. View in the Province of Kiang-nan, China, Taken from Nature