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拍品專文
This set of six includes the very rare views of Malacca and Penang. The views may be by different hands, as the St Helena view must have been taken from the print published in 1815, while other subjects here, such as Canton, date to before 1810.
The Penang view is one of the very early views of Penang and its painted source remains unidentified. A variant, also on brass, was with Martyn Gregory in 1985, for which see Martyn Gregory, 1985, cat.41, p.15, no.21, and Lim Chong Keat, Penang Views 1770-1860, Singapore, 1986, pp.52, 62 and 219, pl.29.
The Cape view is a copy of Orme's aquatint ('A View of the Cape of Good Hope') published on 4 June 1806, commemorating the taking of the Cape of Good Hope by the British in January 1806 (for which see R.F. Kennedy, Catalogue of Prints in the African Museum, I, A-K, Johannesburg, 1975, CI53).
The Canton view can be dated to before 1810, the Old English factory, two doors down from Hog Lane, seen before its Palladian façade and pediment were added. The flags of the Danish, Spanish, American, Swedish, British and Dutch factories are flying.
The Malacca view dates to the period of British rule between 1795 and 1818 and shows the Straits Settlements from the sea, with British, Dutch, American and Chinese shipping moored offshore, the British flag flying on the flagstaff over the old fortress beyond.
The St Helena view is a copy of plate 2 ('The Roads, St Helena') of George Hutchins Belassis's Views of Saint Helena, published London, 1 Nov. 1815, for which see R.F. Kennedy, Ibid, B235.
The Macao view looks out from the head of the penisula north-east towards the Chinese mainland, over the Praya Grande on the right and the Inner Harbour on the left.
The Penang view is one of the very early views of Penang and its painted source remains unidentified. A variant, also on brass, was with Martyn Gregory in 1985, for which see Martyn Gregory, 1985, cat.41, p.15, no.21, and Lim Chong Keat, Penang Views 1770-1860, Singapore, 1986, pp.52, 62 and 219, pl.29.
The Cape view is a copy of Orme's aquatint ('A View of the Cape of Good Hope') published on 4 June 1806, commemorating the taking of the Cape of Good Hope by the British in January 1806 (for which see R.F. Kennedy, Catalogue of Prints in the African Museum, I, A-K, Johannesburg, 1975, CI53).
The Canton view can be dated to before 1810, the Old English factory, two doors down from Hog Lane, seen before its Palladian façade and pediment were added. The flags of the Danish, Spanish, American, Swedish, British and Dutch factories are flying.
The Malacca view dates to the period of British rule between 1795 and 1818 and shows the Straits Settlements from the sea, with British, Dutch, American and Chinese shipping moored offshore, the British flag flying on the flagstaff over the old fortress beyond.
The St Helena view is a copy of plate 2 ('The Roads, St Helena') of George Hutchins Belassis's Views of Saint Helena, published London, 1 Nov. 1815, for which see R.F. Kennedy, Ibid, B235.
The Macao view looks out from the head of the penisula north-east towards the Chinese mainland, over the Praya Grande on the right and the Inner Harbour on the left.