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CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1835
The Waterfront at Canton with the French, American, British and Dutch Factories
watercolour and bodycolour on paper
22 x 46Ωin. (55.9 x 118.1cm.)
£20,000-30,000 US$25,000-37,000
€23,000-34,000

PROVENANCE:
Family of Ricardo Espirito Santo de Silva.
'The fag of France – of the French people, of France in her emancipated state – the tricolor, is now fying in Canton, having been
hoisted by Mr. Gernaert, the French consul, in front of the French factory, on the 13th instant, after an interval of about thirty years
during which time, none having been displayed, the fag-staf had been removed.' (Canton Register).

A large panoramic view of the factories just over a decade after the fre of 1822. The view can be dated by the French (tricolour)
fag fying, indicating this is most probably after the return of the French consul in December 1832, and the pagoda roof of Chung-
qua's Hong, removed after May 1832, is now missing. The walled British factory garden is extended out over landfll and the end
of the garden and square remain unfenced (as they would until the later 1830s, when the looming Opium War was threatening the
foreigners' security).

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