WARNER VARNHAM (FL. 1837-1843)

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WARNER VARNHAM (FL. 1837-1843)

Tinghae from Trunball Island, Chusan Island, China

signed with initials, dated Nov. 1840 and inscribed as title on the mount, pencil and watercolour
6¾ x 11. 1/4in. (17.2 x 28.5cm.)
Literature
Milton, Massachusetts, Museum of American China Trade, Warner Varnham, 1973, no.66, ill.11

Lot Essay

See footnotes to lots 1923 and 1924

This watercolour was painted a month after the British had recaptured the island and depicts several of the ships used in the attack

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