chinese-school-circa-1850-the-western-factories-at-canton-guangzhou
Lot 99
Chinese School (circa 1850), The Western Factories at Canton (Guangzhou)
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, presented in a period frame.

Stretcher size 18 x 23 3/8 in.; Frame dimensions 22 1/2 x 28 in.

Private Collection, Durham, North Carolina

Showing the US, British and Danish flags. Protestant church built on land acquired in 1847.

Heavy grime layer obscuring varnish layer below; dust to surface; stable craquelure; minor chipping and rubbing to frame. Some evidence of minor retouch along edges of canvas are visible under UV light.

$5,000 - 10,000