Live Auction 15516Topographical Pictures with Australian Art
Chinese School, circa 1786
Lot 28

Chinese School, circa 1786

The anchorage at Whampoa Island with Dutch, British, Swedish, French, Danish, Spanish and American moored offshore

Closed14 December 2018

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GBP 25,000

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Chinese School, circa 1786
The anchorage at Whampoa Island with Dutch, British, Swedish, French, Danish, Spanish and American moored offshore
oil on canvas laid down on panel
13 ¾ x 23 ½in. (34.9 x 59.6cm.)

with John Howell Books, San Francisco.
Kennth and Nancy Main Collection, USA.
with Martyn Gregory, London, 2014-15 (Catalogue 92, Hong Kong and the China Trade, no.35).

Specialist note

According to Martyn Gregory's catalogue, the combination of ships here was to be seen at Whampoa only in the years 1785, 1786 and 1787.