CHINESE SCHOOL, MID-19TH CENTURY

THE CANTON WATERFRONT

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CHINESE SCHOOL, MID-19TH CENTURY
THE CANTON WATERFRONT
Oil on canvas
The teeming waterfront with a detailed view showing hongs flying U.S., French, British and Swedish flags flanking the Episcopal church and at the left the long clubhouse and billiard room next to the low boathouse, numerous Chinese junks are clustered along the shore and a large paddle steamer is shown in the foreground
17 x 30 in. (43.1 x 76.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

By the time this sweeping view of the hongs of Canton was created the subject had been favored for about seventy-five years, rendered in various media, sizes and levels of quality. The waterfront development that this grand mid-century picture so scrupulously depicts speaks volumes about the inexorable march of Western influence over the China coast in this period.

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