John Bentham-Dinsdale b.1927

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Description

John Bentham-Dinsdale
The Taeping
signed l.r.: John Bentham Dindsale; signed and inscribed on the reverse: THE TAEPING/ ENGLISH TEA CLIPPER, BUILT 1863/ AT ROBERT STEELE'S YARD AT GREENOCK/ FOR CAPTAIN RODGERS/ AFTER A NOTABLE CAREER AND/ MANY TEA RACES SHE WAS WRECKED ON/ LADD'S REEF ON HER LAST SAILING/ FROM AMOY TO NEW YORK
76 by 102cm.; 30 by 40cm

Catalogue Note

The Taeping was an English tea clipper built for Captain Rogers in 1863 by Robert Steele & Co of Greenock. She was an extremely composite ship with dimensions of 183'7"×31'1"×19'9". She had a notable career including taking part in the Great Tea Race of 1866, where sixteen tea clippers started from China and raced the 15,000 miles to Britain. The journey took ninety days, compared to the old journey times of around a hundred and twenty days. According to the Telegraph, September 12^th 1866, "The Taeping, which won, arrived on the Lizard at literally the same hour as the Ariel, her nearest rival, and then dashed up the Channel, the two ships abreast of each other." The Taeping was finally wrecked on Ladd’s Reef whilst sailing from Amoy to New York.