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WILLIAM ADOLPHUS KNELL (C.1808-1874) WILLIAM ADOLPHUS KNELL (C.1808-1874)
HMS ‘Nemesis’ and boats attacking a masked Battery, February HMS ‘Nemesis’ attacking Houchung Fort in the Canton River, 13
23rd 1841 (First Opium War) March 1841 (First Opium War)
signed ‘W.A. Knell’ (lower right), inscribed 'Admiral Lucas V.V. No 14 / H.M.S. signed ‘W.A. Knell’ (lower right)
"Nemesis" & boats / attacking a masked Battery / 1897 / March. p561.' on an pencil and brown wash heightened with white and scratching out on paper
old label attached to the backing paper 6¡ x 12ºin. (16.2 x 31.1cm.)
oil on canvas
12 x 20in. (30.5 x 50.7cm.) £1,500-2,500 US$1,900-3,100
€1,700-2,800
£3,000-5,000 US$3,700-6,200
€3,400-5,600
PROVENANCE:
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Hong Kong, 1 Nov. 1972, lot 24.
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 8 April 1986, lot 70a.

For the actions of the iron-clad Nemesis in the First Opium War, see also the
following two lots.

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