93,772 profiles ranked live

William Alexander

✓ Source-basedstable

British artist, born 1767 (1767-1816)

ArtistsLived 1767 to 1816 · aged 49
Compare
Fame43.5
Momentum3.3
Languages7
In century#18,602

William Alexander was an English painter, illustrator and engraver. The hallmarks of his work, usually executed in watercolours, were clearness and harmony of colour, simplicity and taste in composition, grace of outline, and delicacy of execution. He accompanied the Macartney Embassy to China in 1792.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Artists born in the 1760s 6

About this person

William Alexander was an English painter, illustrator and engraver. The hallmarks of his work, usually executed in watercolours, were clearness and harmony of colour, simplicity and taste in composition, grace of outline, and delicacy of execution. He accompanied the Macartney Embassy to China in 1792. Prints of his work were reproduced from engravings. One of his works was used to illustrate Cadell & Davies' Britannia depicta.

Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1767 to 1816 · aged 49
Written about in
7 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.