Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A.
Trade Winds, the China Tea Clipper Titania
Live auction begins on:
February 5, 07:30 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Bid
28,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Montague Dawson
British 1890 - 1973
Trade Winds, the China Tea Clipper Titania
signed lower left: Montague. Dawson.; titled and inscribed indistinctly on the reverse
oil on canvas
canvas: 24 by 36 in.; 61 by 91.4 cm
framed: 30 ½ by 42 ⅝ in.; 77.5 by 108.3 cm
Executed circa 1942.
With Frost & Reed Ltd., London (inv. no. MD103)
Private Collection, Chicago
Thence by descent to the present owner
The Titania was built by Robert Steele & Co. in Greenock, Scotland in 1866 and sailed from Shanghai to London in 98 days in 1869, beating the great clipper Thermopylae.
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