A Young Man Leaning on a Fence 1785–92 William Alexander Alexander is best known for travelling to China between 1792 and 1794 as part of the official group that accompanied Lord Macartney’s embassy to Peking. This charming study of a young man in the English countryside likely dates before his departure, and resembles works by Julius Caesar Ibbetson, who is believed to have taught Alexander at the Royal Academy Schools which the young artist attended after moving to London from Maidstone in 1782. Once he returned from China in 1794, Alexander focused on illustrating published accounts of the

A Young Man Leaning on a Fence 1785–92 William Alexander Alexander is best known for travelling to China between 1792 and 1794 as part of the official group that accompanied Lord Macartney’s embassy to Peking. This charming study of a young man in the English countryside likely dates before his departure, and resembles works by Julius Caesar Ibbetson, who is believed to have taught Alexander at the Royal Academy Schools which the young artist attended after moving to London from Maidstone in 1782. Once he returned from China in 1794, Alexander focused on illustrating published accounts of the journey, and turned sketches of the orient into finished compositions for Royal Academy exhibitions. In 1808, he became the British Museum’s first keeper of prints and A Young Man Leaning on a Fence. William Alexander (British, Maidstone, Kent 1767–1816 Maidstone, Kent). 1785–92. Watercolor and graphite. Drawings

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