The American ship Lyra off Hong Kong
Oil on canvas, inscribed 'Ship Lyra A. Cheever Commander. Hong Kong'; the ship inscribed 'LYRA' within a cartouche on the stern, framed.
71.8cm (28 1/4in) high x 99cm (39in) wide.
Footnotes
中國畫家 約一八六零年 香港沿岸的美國Lyra帆船 布面油畫 裝框
Provenance: A Private Collection, New England.
Martyn Gregory, London.
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Martyn Gregory, From the Pearl River: Historical Pictures by Chinese and Western Artists 1750-1950, catalogue 82, London, 2006, p.91, no.81.
Martyn Gregory, China in the Frame: Historical Pictures by Chinese and Western Artists 1780-1980, catalogue 101, London, 2020, p.83, no.86.
The ship Lyra was under the command of Captain Albert Cheever and arrived in Victoria, Australia in 1860.