Chinese village scene
Maker
(artist)
1767-1816
1767-1816
Title
Chinese village scene
Date of Production
(circa) 1792 - 1794
Medium
graphite and watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3185
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
O. Alexander [as recorded in Colnaghi stock book, full identity currently unknown]; purchased from him by Colnaghi (London), 14 October 1942; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 27 November 1942; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
William Alexander: An English Artist in Imperial China, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, 08/09/1981-25/10/1981; Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton, 08/09/1981-25/10/1981; Nottingham University Art Gallery, Nottingham, 23/11/1981-17/12/1981
William Alexander, an English Artist in Imperial China, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton, 08/09/1981-25/10/1981
William Alexander, an English Artist in Imperial China, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton, 08/09/1981-25/10/1981
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 3
William Alexander: an English artist in Imperial China, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, 8 September - 25 October 1981; Nottingham University Art Gallery, 23 November - 17 December 1981, 1981
cat. no. 44
no. 44
ill. on p. 59
p. 3
William Alexander: an English artist in Imperial China, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, 8 September - 25 October 1981; Nottingham University Art Gallery, 23 November - 17 December 1981, 1981
cat. no. 44
no. 44
ill. on p. 59
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge: lower half of a Britannia mark with no writing in the outer borders.
Inscription: Recto: lower right: erased and now illegible.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right: erased and now illegible.
Collector's mark: none.
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