拍品 239
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Henry James (fl.c.1820s)
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Henry James (fl.c.1820s)

Town and Bay of Valparaiso, Chili

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Henry James (fl.c.1820s)
Town and Bay of Valparaiso, Chili
signed 'Henry James Mate Fecit' on the mount (lower right), titled 'TOWN and BAY of VALPARAISO CHILI' and inscribed with a key to the topography on the mount (left to right: 'Almendral English Consul's Residence Chilian frigate H M. Ship Cambridge')
watercolour on paper
8 5/8 x 22¾in. (21.9 x 60.3cm.)
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拍品專文

HMS Cambridge (Lieutenant Kelly) was on the South American station in 1826 and was used by Captain Maling, senior British officer commanding on the station, to communicate with Bolivar (over the issue of British recognition) in the Andes. The artist Henry James was presumably mate on HMS Cambridge, the only British ship he includes in the present watercolour