Whampoa in China, by E. Duncan

Details

After William John Huggins
Whampoa in China, by E. Duncan
handcoloured aquatint, published 1835
14 x 23in. (35.4 x 58.4cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 5 Nov. 1987, lot 232.

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Lot Essay

Ater the picture exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1822 (no.710, 'View of Wampan, on the Canton River in China. Taken from French Island').

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