ALEXANDER, W.
PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS COSTUME OF THE CHINESE
Year: 1814
Size: 6.6 x 9.3 inches
Illustrated in fifty coloured engravings with description.First Edition
Year: 1814
Size: 17 x 23.8 cm (6.6 x 9.3 inches)
Printed for John Murray by W. Bulmer and Co., Large 8vo.
No. of Printed Pages: 97 Pages
No. of Aquatint Plates: 49 Hand Colour Aquatint Plates (One plate is missing originaly the book includes 50 plates)
Each aquatint plate accompanied by a detailed descriptive text presented alongside the plate, providing both visual and scholarly context.
LIST OF PLATES
1 The Title. A Stand of Arms.
2 Kien Lung, the Emperor.
3 Fishermen.
4 Man Servant.
5 Mandarin in his Court Dress.
6 Young Bonze sacrificing.
7 Juggler.
8 Children collecting Manure.
9 Watchman.
10 Lady and her Son.
11 Bonze.
12 Lantern Seller.
13 Soldier with his Matchlock.
14 Porter carrying Goods.
15 Mandarin in his Common Dress.
16 Boat Girl.
17 A common Sedan, or Chair.
18 Mandarin’s Servant on Horse-back.
19 An itinerant Musician.
20 Ensign of the Bowmen.
21 Mendicant.
22 Barbers champooing, &c.
23 Bookseller.
24 Soldier of Infantry.
25 A Raree Show.
26 Mandarin’s Page.
27 A travelling Smith.
28 Mourners at a Tomb.
29 Vender of Rice.
30 Female Comedian.
31 Sedan Bearer.
32 A man selling Betel, &c.
33 A Horse and Cart with the Driver.
34 Seller of Pipes.
35 Waterman.
36 Tradesman reckoning on his Swanpan.
37 Women winding Cotton.
38 Soldier of the Cavalry mounted.
39 Punishment of the Cangue. 40 Groupe of Children. 41 Chairman with a Sedan. 42 Vessels near a Town. 43 A Lady of Rank.
44 Nursery Maid and Children.
45 Stage Player.
46 Trackers regaling. 47
Mandarin’s Officer.
48 Punishment of the Arrow.
49 Woman selling Chow-chow.
50 Groupe of Soldiers.
'Alexander is best remembered for his work on China in a period in which the Chinese style greatly influenced the decorative arts in Britain'
William Alexander was an English water colorist born in 1767. He accompanied Lord Macartney to China and made drawings of the scenery and life in China.
In 1802 Alexander was made Professor of Drawing at the Royal Military College at Great Marlow, and a few years later assistant keeper of antiquities at the British Museum, which resulted in his becoming the first curator of prints and drawings.
BINDING: Full morracan leather, elaborate gilt decoration on borders on both covers and on spine, title in gilt on spine, loose binding.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
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