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This painting commemorates the trip I made on the USS Wilmington from Hongkong,
China to Manila, P.I. Dec. 17-20, 1915. 61° roll. Ship narrowly escaped capsizing.
Pay Clerk J. Flynn, U.S.N.

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CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1916
USS ‘Wilmington’ near capsizing
inscribed by Pay Clerk J. Flynn, U.S.N. recording the incident and with a printed extract from the log of USS Wilmington on the inside of
the backing board, and with a typed transcription of both taped to the backing board
oil on canvas
13¿ x 17¬in. (33.3 x 44.7cm.)
£3,000-5,000 US$3,700-6,200
€3,400-5,600

PROVENANCE:
J. Flynn, U.S.N., c.1916 (inscriptions on the backing board).
Anon. sale, Butterfeld and Butterfeld, San Francisco, Dec. 1987.
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. 2019-April 2019, 3.33.

U.S.S. Wilmington was laid down at Newport News, Virginia in 1895 and commissioned in May 1897. The gunboat served with the
American Asiatic Squadron from 1901 to 1922.

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