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William Alexander, 1767–1816, British, Natives of Cochin Playing Shuttlecock in China, 1792 to 1794
- Title:
Natives of Cochin Playing Shuttlecock in China
- Date:
- 1792 to 1794
- Medium:
- Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "Natives of Cochin China Playing at | Shuttle Cock with their feet"
Signed in black in, lower left: " W A f"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4171
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- birds | game | genre subject | hats | huts | leisure | men | natives | palm trees | pipe (smoking equipment) | playing | recreation | shuttlecock | smoke | smoking (activity) | village | walls | women
- Associated Places:
- Asia | China
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8990
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