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Chinese School, circa 1860
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Chinese School, circa 1860

Portrait of Yeh, Viceroy of Canton

Closed24 April 2013

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GBP 1,187

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Chinese School, circa 1860
Portrait of Yeh, Viceroy of Canton
with inscription 'Yeo Viceroy of Canton in 1857' on the reverse
bodycolour on paper
12½ x 9¼in. (32 x 23.4cm.)

Specialist note

The Chinese portraits (by Youqua and others) of Yeh, the powerful and charismatic Viceroy of Canton, appear to derive from portraits of the sitter taken by Major Crealock and Emile Roux. The Crealock portrait reportedly sketched in Canton on the day he was captured, when the British took Canton in 1858.