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English School, 19th Century Hong Kong, looking west from Mount Parker
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English School, 19th Century Hong Kong, looking west from Mount Parker inscribed and dated 'Mount Parker Dec 15/49 looking over Hong Kong island' (lower centre), further inscribed 'Drawn from the highest point on the island/the town and harbour on the right/J.M & Co. lookout house in centre/little H.Kong on left' (lower left) pencil 12.4 x 17.4cm (4 7/8 x 6 7/8in). Footnotes: Provenance With Martyn Gregory, London. Exhibited London, Martyn Gregory, Hong Kong and the China Trade, 2014-2015, no. 7, catalogue 92. The unidentified artist of this drawing (once part of a larger group of works) seems to have spent the years 1848 and 1849 in Hong Kong, with visits to Macau and Whampoa, and then returned home on the ship Statesman early in 1851. He was back on the China coast in 1859, at Pagoda Anchorage below Fuzhou. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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English School, 19th Century Hong Kong, looking west from Mount Parker inscribed and dated 'Mount Parker Dec 15/49 looking over Hong Kong island' (lower centre), further inscribed 'Drawn from the highest point on the island/the town and harbour on the right/J.M & Co. lookout house in centre/little H.Kong on left' (lower left) pencil 12.4 x 17.4cm (4 7/8 x 6 7/8in). Footnotes: Provenance With Martyn Gregory, London. Exhibited London, Martyn Gregory, Hong Kong and the China Trade, 2014-2015, no. 7, catalogue 92. The unidentified artist of this drawing (once part of a larger group of works) seems to have spent the years 1848 and 1849 in Hong Kong, with visits to Macau and Whampoa, and then returned home on the ship Statesman early in 1851. He was back on the China coast in 1859, at Pagoda Anchorage below Fuzhou. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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