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Front View of a Boat / 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=3226681

Additional Makers

Print maker - William Alexander; Publisher - George Nicol

Description

View of boat passing over an inclined plane, near Ning Po; a Chinese barge tilted up on a gravelled slope and preparing to descend the slope on the other side into the water in the foreground, with men turning large winches on set up on the bank to either side, others in three boats moored in front in the right forergound and houses 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. 1798, 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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Medium

Tags

Ports
Boats
Bays

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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