A Scene in an Historical Play Exhibited on the Chinese Stage, 1795

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Donald Stone

Accession Number

2022.40.63

Artists / Makers

William Alexander (artist) British, 1767 - 1816

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

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

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

Andrew Wyld
Heath, James
Stone, Donald

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.