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CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1857
The clipper ‘Joseph Peabody’ of Hong Kong
oil on canvas
12√ x 16in. (32.8 x 40.7cm.)
£5,000-7,000 US$6,200-8,600
€5,700-7,900
PROVENANCE:
John Bradshaw, Captain of the Joseph Peabody, and thence by descent; sale, Skinner, Boston, 26 Feb. 2003, lot 63.

EXHIBITED:
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China. A Century of Trade from 1784 to
1900, Dec. 2018-April 2019, 2.40.
Built by E. & H.O. Briggs, launched in East Boston on 7 June 1856, and named for one of Salem's wealthiest merchants and ship
owners in the frst half of the 19th century, the clipper is shown of Hong Kong, fying her Curtis & Peabody house fag at the top of
her foremast and a pennant bearing her name on her mainmast.

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