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WD2966

Record Id:

032-003268121

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003268121

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x0011da

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD2966

Title:

River scene near Canton, a junk in the foreground. Artist(s): Abbott, Captain (fl. 1816-1817)

Scope & Content:

River scene near Canton, a junk in the foreground.

Inscribed on reverse: ‘View by Capt. Abbott on the river, near Canton’.

Pencil; 18 by 23.5 cm.

Provenance: deposited on permanent loan by the 5th Earl of Amherst, M.C., together with Add.Or.2538-2540, WD2966, P1743, and Mss Eur F140; purchased 1997.

Note: In 1816-17 Lord Amherst led a British mission to the Emperor of China. Although not attached to Lord Amherst’s embassy the artist may have been a naval officer on a ship at Canton.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

Amherst Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003268121

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003268121

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Styles:

British school
European school

Start Date:

1816

End Date:

1817

Date Range:

1816-1817

Era:

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