Lasting Impressions

British envoy George Macartney's goal to establish diplomatic and trade relations with China may have failed, but William Alexander's artworks offered people in Britain and Europe a rare glimpse into China's landscapes and way of life. Alexander later became a keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum.

Now, seven etchings and one watercolor from Alexander's body of work are being shown in Beijing for the first time, providing a visual observation of China from a Western perspective.

Learn more here.

If you go:
9 am-4:30 pm, through Feb 28. Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology, Peking University, 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian district. 010-6275-9784.