Portrait of Yeh Ming-Chen (1807-1859), Viceroy of Quandong Province and Commissioner at Canton

Details

Chinese School, circa 1860
Portrait of Yeh Ming-Chen (1807-1859), Viceroy of Quandong Province and Commissioner at Canton
oil on canvas(?) laid down on board
11 ½ x 8 ¼in. (29.2 x 20.9cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 9 Oct. 1987, lot 41.

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Lot Essay

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

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