The Inner Harbour, Macao and Penha Hill

Details

Dr Thomas Boswall Watson (1815-1860)
The Inner Harbour, Macao and Penha Hill
pencil, pen and ink, sepia wash and watercolour on paper
6 7/8 x 9 7/8in. (17.5 x 25.1cm.)

Provenance

with Martyn Gregory, London.

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Lot Essay

Watson, an Edinburgh-trained Scottish doctor, went out to Macao in 1845 and was Chinnery's doctor, and pupil, in the artist's last years. For Watson's sketches, see Martyn Gregory, London, 1985, cat.40 (Dr. Thomas Boswall Watson (1815-1860): Physician and Amateur Artist in China); Christie's, London, 26-27 Sept. 2007, lot 516; and Christie's, South Kensington, 10 Oct. 2013, lots 133-35.

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