![William Alexander - The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 [watermarked 1794-1802]. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate wi](/images/william-alexander_the-costume-of-china-london-william-miller-1805-watermarked-1794-1802-4deg-327-x-265mm-48-hand-coloured-aquatint-plates-after-alexander-without-half-title-or-dedication-as-often-occasional-spotting-some-offsetting-onto-text-leaves-one-pl_AID596912.jpg?f=grey)
William Alexander
The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 [watermarked 1794-1802]. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate wi
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 875 GBP
Price realised: 875 GBP
Description
WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1767-1816)
The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 [watermarked 1794-1802]. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate with short marginal tear.) Modern buckram preserving an earlier morocco spine label.
FIRST EDITION. Alexander travelled to China as draughtsman with Lord Macartney's Embassy to the Emperor in 1792-4. 'Alexander is best remembered for his work on China in a period in which the Chinese style greatly influenced the decorative arts in Britain' (ODNB). Cordier Sinica, 1858; Abbey Travel, 534; Colas 74.
The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 [watermarked 1794-1802]. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate with short marginal tear.) Modern buckram preserving an earlier morocco spine label.
FIRST EDITION. Alexander travelled to China as draughtsman with Lord Macartney's Embassy to the Emperor in 1792-4. 'Alexander is best remembered for his work on China in a period in which the Chinese style greatly influenced the decorative arts in Britain' (ODNB). Cordier Sinica, 1858; Abbey Travel, 534; Colas 74.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 watermarked 1794-1802. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate wi by William Alexander was sold in the Travel, Science and Natural History auction at Christies in London in April 2013. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 800.00 – 1,200.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 875.00 (€ 1,032.55) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Alexander achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Walls enclosing a city or town called Pou-een-gin, November 3rd 1793 in November 2019 with an auction result of GBP 16,250.00 (€ 19,081.47).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 watermarked 1794-1802. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate wi von William Alexander wurde im April 2013 in der Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History bei Christies in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 800,00 – 1.200,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 875,00 (€ 1.032,55) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Alexander erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Walls enclosing a city or town called Pou-een-gin, November 3rd 1793 im November 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 16.250,00 (€ 19.081,47).
William Alexander - Auction history
![William Alexander - The Costume of China. London: William Miller, 1805 [watermarked 1794-1802]. 4° (327 x 265mm). 48 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Alexander. (Without half-title or dedication as often, occasional spotting, some offsetting onto text leaves, one plate wi](/images/william-alexander_the-costume-of-china-london-william-miller-1805-watermarked-1794-1802-4deg-327-x-265mm-48-hand-coloured-aquatint-plates-after-alexander-without-half-title-or-dedication-as-often-occasional-spotting-some-offsetting-onto-text-leaves-one-pl_AID596912_320x320.jpg)
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