02155mkca 2200361 a 4500001000800000005001700008007000700025008004100032035002300073035002200096040002400118100003600142245003400178260001000212300001300222545040300235520066000638555001501298580004201313524012301355651005101478655002101529700002701550700003001577700002701607700003101634700003301665700002801698905002101726998000901747948001001756948002701766312279720010402155922.0kjuboc911213s1796    enknnn e          aneng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV91F18  a(NIC)notisAQE8548  aNICcNICegihcdNIC1 aAlexander, William,d1767-1816.00aWilliam Alexander engravings.  c1796.  a4 items.  aArtist.bWilliam Alexander studied under Julius Caesar Ibbetson.  He served as the "draughtsman" for the Macartney Expedition to China, 1792-1794, sailing in the Hindostan, and making a vast number of sketches.  Upon his return to England, he worked up many of these into finished color-wash drawings.  A number of these were engraved and reproduced in Sir George Staunton's account of the embassy.  aFour engravings of scenes of China:  "View of the Suburbs of a Chinese City," London, published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, A.T. Pouncy, sculpt.; "View of one of the Western Gates of the City of Pekin," London, published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, Wm. Alexander, del., J. Dadley, sculpt.; "View of the Lake Pao-Ying where it is separated from the Grand Canal by an embankment of Earth," London, published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, W. Alexander, del., Wm. and Elizabeth Ellis, sculpt.; "View of Pai-Loo, improperly called a Triumphal Arch, and of a Chinese fortress," London, published April 12, 1796 by G. Nicol, W. Alexander, del., J. Chapman, sculpt.0 aItem list.  aForms part of:  Macartney Collection.  aWilliam Alexander.  Engravings, #4510.  Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cornell University Library. 0aChinaxDescription and travelxViewsyTo 1900. 7aEngravings.2aat1 aNicol, G.,epublisher.1 aPouncy, A. T.,eengraver.1 aDadley, J.,eengraver.1 aEllis, William,eengraver.1 aEllis, Elizabeth,eengraver.1 aChapman, J.,eengraver.  a20000211120000.0  s9114  ar:mfn2 a20010402bmdjwg6ects