A Front View of the Hall of Audience at the Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824)
Engraving
published 12 April 1796-
About the work
- Location
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Country: China
City: Beijing
Place: British Embassy
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About the artist
William Alexander was born in Maidstone, Kent; the son of a coachbuilder. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1784 and may have trained under watercolourist Julius Caesar Ibbetson. He travelled to China as Junior Draughtsman in Lord Macartney's embassy of 1792 to 1794 and his drawings of the expedition were later engraved. In 1802 he became the first Master of Landscape Drawing at the Royal Military College in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire. He held an interest in medieval architecture and travelled throughout Britain, drawing churches and monuments. His drawings of Egyptian antiquities in the British Museum were engraved and published between 1805 and 1807. In 1808, he was appointed the Museum’s Assistant Keeper of Prints and Drawings.
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- Subjects
- topography, townscape/cityscape, Chinese, man, diplomatic meetings & state visits, house, palace, hall
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving
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Details
- Title
- A Front View of the Hall of Audience at the Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen
- Date
- published 12 April 1796
- Medium
- Engraving
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Sotheby's, 29 May 1996
- GAC number
- 16978