CHINESE SCHOOL, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
CHINESE SCHOOL, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

THE BUND AT SHANGHAI

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CHINESE SCHOOL, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
THE BUND AT SHANGHAI
Oil on canvas, with a careful depiction of the waterfront, showing the Chinese style customshouse near center and a range of Western style buildings, including the three-story Heard & Co. headquarters, small figures strolling on the quay, Western and Chinese ships and small boats in the harbor
17½ x 46½in. (44.4 x 118.1cm.)
Provenance
Presented to Rhoderick Campbell, manager of the Agra Bank in Shanghai, after 1875
By descent through the family to a grandson
Sold Christie's London, 6 June 1996, lot 77
The consignor, another owner

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