A Chinese Peasant Selling Betel

1793/1794

William Alexander

Artist, British, 1767 - 1816

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14 x 20.4 cm (5 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
    mount: 21.4 x 26.4 cm (8 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • British Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the J.F. McCrindle Collection. The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1974, no 16.

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 106-107, no. 42 (entry by Stacey Sell).

Bibliography

1980

  • Legouix, Susan. Image of China: William Alexander. Jupiter Books, London, 1980: 46 (under no. 23).

Inscriptions

by artist, upper right in pencil: This box filled with a powdered lime to be also on the table (accompanied by small pencil drawing of a box).; by unknown hand on mat: A man selling betel. / The additional box sketched in in the drawing has been included; by unknown hand on mat, lower right in pencil: [L?] 12.

Wikidata ID

Q64636138

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