Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A.
China Tea Clipper “Shun Lee”
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October 15, 08:08 PM GMT
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30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Montague Dawson
British 1895 - 1973
China Tea Clipper “Shun Lee”
signed lower left: MONTAGUE. DAWSON.
oil on canvas
canvas: 24 ¼ by 36 ¼ in.; 61.6 by 92.1 cm
framed: 30 ½ by 42 ¾ in.; 77.5 by 108.5 cm
With Frost & Reed Ltd., London, 1952 (acquired from the artist)
Sale, Christie’s, London, 4 May 1973, lot 187
With Manuge Galleries Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia
From whom acquired by C.W. McKay, Toronto, 1982
Thence by descent to the previous owner
Private Collection, New York
London, Frost & Reed Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Sea Paintings by Montague Dawson, 1975, no. 9
Retrospective Exhibition of Sea Paintings by Montague Dawson, Frost & Reed Gallery, London, 1975, p. 19, no. 9, illustrated
The Shun Lee was built on the Thames in 1866 by W. Walker, weighed 674 tons, and was 158 feet in length. Her maiden voyage was between London and Australia under Captain J. Milbank, and she was then employed on the China Trade. In 1871, she was sold to Potter & Company of London and began the London-New Zealand trade.
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