A Scene in an Historical Play Exhibited on the Chinese Stage

1795

William Alexander

Artist, British, 1767 - 1816

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.6 × 35 cm (9 5/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
    mount: 30.4 × 42.1 cm (11 15/16 × 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2022.40.63

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. John Percy, London [1817-1889] (Lugt 1504). (W. S. Fine Art: Andrew Wyld, London, 2008); Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • British Works on Paper, W.S. Fine Art / Andrew Wyld, London, 2008, no. 11.

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Inscriptions

lower right in brown ink: W Alexander 95--; along left edge, in graphite: Chinese Play

Markings

Dr. John Percy, London [1817-1889] (Lugt 1504)

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