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Henry Cavendish. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg after W. Alexander.

A Chinese man is bound to a pole, has had an arrow shot through his ear as a punishment for insolence to a superior; a Chinese man holding a sign describing the crime; and a mandarin reproving the culprit. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

A Chinese woman about to be beaten with a wooden rod as a judicial punishment. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1804.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Line engraving by G. Cooke after W. Alexander, 1815.

The costume of China / [William Alexander].

A Chinese family sit around a small cooking stove eating by the side of the road. Coloured lithograph after W. Alexander.

Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Russians / [Anon].

A Chinese man seated with his neck fastened in a cangue or pillory; a whip at his feet and houses in the background. Aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

The costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings / With descriptions in English and French.

Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment; a river and a boat in the background. Engraving by J. Hall after W. Alexander, 1796.

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William Alexander

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Images by William Alexander

Works from the collections

A Chinese man is bound to a pole, has had an arrow shot through his ear as a punishment for insolence to a superior; a Chinese man holding a sign describing the crime; and a mandarin reproving the culprit. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Russians / [Anon].

A Chinese man seated with his neck fastened in a cangue or pillory; a whip at his feet and houses in the background. Aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

The costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings / With descriptions in English and French.

Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment; a river and a boat in the background. Engraving by J. Hall after W. Alexander, 1796.

William Alexander

Images from the collections

Images by William Alexander

Works from the collections

A Chinese man is bound to a pole, has had an arrow shot through his ear as a punishment for insolence to a superior; a Chinese man holding a sign describing the crime; and a mandarin reproving the culprit. Coloured aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

Picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Russians / [Anon].

A Chinese man seated with his neck fastened in a cangue or pillory; a whip at his feet and houses in the background. Aquatint by W. Alexander, 1814.

The costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings / With descriptions in English and French.

Two men and two children standing next to a Chinese man carrying the cangue around his neck as a punishment; a river and a boat in the background. Engraving by J. Hall after W. Alexander, 1796.

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