CHINESE SCHOOL, circa 1855
CHINESE SCHOOL, circa 1855

A View of Hong Kong from Kowloon

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CHINESE SCHOOL, circa 1855
A View of Hong Kong from Kowloon
oil on canvas
17 x 30in.

Lot Essay

Similar views are illustrated in Carl L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade (Woodbridge, England, 1991), front endpaper and p. 417. Victoria Peak, the mountain to the far right, is shown here without the signal station, which was erected in 1861 indicating that this work was executed earlier.