View in the Harbour of Pulo Penang [Fort Cornwallis and Flagstaff Point, Penang]; and View at Pulo Penang

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English School, early 19th Century
View in the Harbour of Pulo Penang [Fort Cornwallis and Flagstaff Point, Penang]; and View at Pulo Penang
inscribed 'View in the Harbour of Pulo Penang' (lower right); and 'View at Pulo Penang' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
unframed
10 5/8 x 15 3/8in. (27 x 39cm.) (2)

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From the same parcel of drawings as lot 205 (the Indian views attributed to the Daniells and Davis).

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These two views, dated by Dr John Bastin from photographs to c.1800, and by Keat (also from photographs) to as early as the late 1780s, are amongst the earliest known views of Penang, the Malaysian Peninsula territory claimed by the British and founded by Captain Francis Light in August 1786. For a survey of early views of Penang, see Datuk Lim Chong Keat's Penang Views 1770-1860, Penang, Singapore, 1986, and the watercolour attributed to Ensign Caldwell, Christie's, 27 Sept. 1996, lot 80.