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View of a Burying Place / Costume of China

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Date

1798

Artist

Print after William Alexander (1767-1816)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3226682

Additional Makers

Print maker - William Alexander; Publisher - George Nicol

Description

View of a Chinese cemetery, with a tomb in the right foreground which has a square base and a double tiered peaked top, another tomb to left built into a mound with a few steps to the entrance and a largetomb with a tall pagoda among trees in the background. 1798. Hand-coloured soft-ground etching and aquatint.

Inscription

With etched lettering below the image 'W Alexander fecit / London Publish'd Sepr: 1st. 1789, by G. Nicol, Pall mall'

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

China

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Tombs
Death

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Buildings & Architecture

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