Period:Unknown Production date:1793-1796
Materials:paper
Technique:drawn
Subjects:boat/ship temple chinese
Dimensions:Height: 443 millimetres (album cover) Height: 210 millimetres (sheet) Width: 296 millimetres Width: 334 millimetres
Description:
Front view of a boat, drawn by capstans up an inclined plane; by which means vessels are made to pass between canals of different levels, buildings on either side and another boat in the foreground on the right; from an album of 82 drawings of China Watercolour, ink and graphite
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Comments:There is a list of descriptions of the subjects inserted in the front of the album. This drawing is described as: “2 Front view of a Boat drawn by capstans up an inclined plane or glaeis, by which means Vessels pass from one canal into another of lower surface, the difference of level was about six feet, & the two canals lie at right angles with each other, The skreen of basketwork held against the head of the boat is to prevent shipping so great a quantity of water as would otherwise happen, & the thatch’d building is a small Temple containing Idols, A part of the Embassy passed over two of these inclined planes on the 16th of Nov.r 1793 in their route from Hang-tcheou-fon to Tchu-san.”Alexander – who, along with Dr. Dinwaddie and Colonel Benson, travelled from Hangzhou to Zhoushan whilst the rest of the Embassy made their way to Guangzhou – recorded this event in his journal, dramatically evoking the experience of the boat being pulled up one incline and propelled down the other into the water by the capstans: “The impetus in launching down nearly run us into the opposite bank…the declivity was so sudden that we were obliged to stand by glasses, cups and other moveables.” (Legouix, 1980, p. 73).Aquatint, with variations, as Plate 16 of “The Costume of China” (published 1805; etched lettering below the image: “W Alexander fecit / London Publish’d Sepr: 1st. 1798, by G Nicol, Pall mall”). See 1899,0713.73. There are drawings of the same subject, with variations, in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, and in another volume of Chinese drawings by Alexander in the India Office Library collection (BL). Lord Macartney’s embassy at a lock. Another version of this drawing was bought in at Bonhams on September 15, 2010 (lot 40).For further information about the album, see comment for 1865,0520.193.
Materials:paper
Technique:drawn
Subjects:boat/ship temple chinese
Dimensions:Height: 443 millimetres (album cover) Height: 210 millimetres (sheet) Width: 296 millimetres Width: 334 millimetres
Description:
Front view of a boat, drawn by capstans up an inclined plane; by which means vessels are made to pass between canals of different levels, buildings on either side and another boat in the foreground on the right; from an album of 82 drawings of China Watercolour, ink and graphite
IMG
Comments:There is a list of descriptions of the subjects inserted in the front of the album. This drawing is described as: “2 Front view of a Boat drawn by capstans up an inclined plane or glaeis, by which means Vessels pass from one canal into another of lower surface, the difference of level was about six feet, & the two canals lie at right angles with each other, The skreen of basketwork held against the head of the boat is to prevent shipping so great a quantity of water as would otherwise happen, & the thatch’d building is a small Temple containing Idols, A part of the Embassy passed over two of these inclined planes on the 16th of Nov.r 1793 in their route from Hang-tcheou-fon to Tchu-san.”Alexander – who, along with Dr. Dinwaddie and Colonel Benson, travelled from Hangzhou to Zhoushan whilst the rest of the Embassy made their way to Guangzhou – recorded this event in his journal, dramatically evoking the experience of the boat being pulled up one incline and propelled down the other into the water by the capstans: “The impetus in launching down nearly run us into the opposite bank…the declivity was so sudden that we were obliged to stand by glasses, cups and other moveables.” (Legouix, 1980, p. 73).Aquatint, with variations, as Plate 16 of “The Costume of China” (published 1805; etched lettering below the image: “W Alexander fecit / London Publish’d Sepr: 1st. 1798, by G Nicol, Pall mall”). See 1899,0713.73. There are drawings of the same subject, with variations, in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, and in another volume of Chinese drawings by Alexander in the India Office Library collection (BL). Lord Macartney’s embassy at a lock. Another version of this drawing was bought in at Bonhams on September 15, 2010 (lot 40).For further information about the album, see comment for 1865,0520.193.
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