$2,468
Chinese School, 19th Century Portrait of the British Clipper Bidston Hill off Calcutta. Signed "Kwong Sang Calcutta" l.r., vessel identified on pennant and bow. Oil on canvas, c. 1860, 25 1/2 x 35 in., in a period frame. Condition: Relined, craquelure, retouch. Note: The British Clipper Bidston Hill was a four-masted iron ship built in 1886, launched at the shipyard of T. Royden & Sons., Liverpool, for W. Price & Co., Liverpool. In 1887 it was dismasted off Cape Horn and was repaired. In 1893-1894 it was re-rigged as a four-masted barque. On July 31, 1905 it was wrecked at Cape Furneaux, Staten Island, under command of Captain J. Kendall, the crew was later rescued by an Argentine steamer.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-11-04
