Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Alexander, 1767–1816, British
Title:
City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, center right: "Lin Tsin - Grand Canal"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1450
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
smoking (activity) | pointing | architectural subject | landscape | hats | genre subject | junks | pipe (smoking equipment) | tools | ships | sampans | buildings | pavilions | canal | pagoda | mountains | village | men | children | gesture | Chinese architecture | walking | women
Associated Places:
China | Grand Canal | Shandong | Asia
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
William Alexander, William Alexander, An English artist in imperial China , Brighton Borough Council, Brighton, 1981, p. 36, no. 19, NJ18 AL377 C65 (YCBA)

John Baskett, English drawings and watercolors, 1550-1850, in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon , The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 1972, p. 61, no. 83, NC228 B37+ (YCBA)

John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 279, no. 80, pl. 80, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 80, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Susan Sloman, Image of China : William Alexander, Jupiter Books, London, 1980, p. 66, NJ18 .Al377 S56

Christopher White, English landscape, 1630-1850 : drawings, prints & books from the Paul Mellon Collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, p. 56, no. 94, pl. C, NC228 W45 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 99, no. 82, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12916