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                                                              DR THOMAS BOSWALL WATSON (1815-1860)
                                                              The Inner Harbour, Macao and Penha Hill
                                                              pencil, pen and ink, sepia wash and watercolour on paper
                                                              6√ x 9√in. (17.5 x 25.1cm.)
                                                              £2,500-3,500                          US$3,200-4,400
                                                                                                      €2,900-4,000
                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              with Martyn Gregory, London.
                                                              Watson, an Edinburgh-trained Scottish doctor, went out to Macao in 1845
                                                              and was Chinnery's doctor, and pupil, in the artist's last years. For Watson's
                                                              sketches, see Martyn Gregory, London, 1985, cat.40 (Dr. Thomas Boswall
                                                              Watson (1815-1860): Physician and Amateur Artist in China); Christie's,
                                                              London, 26-27 Sept. 2007, lot 516; and Christie's, South Kensington, 10 Oct.
                                                              2013, lots 133-35.

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                                                              GEORGE CHINNERY (1774-1852)
                                                              A Chinese Man seated
                                                              pencil, pen and ink on paper
                                                              5 x 5in. (12.7 x 12.7cm.)
                                                              £1,200-1,600                          US$1,500-2,000
                                                                                                      €1,400-1,800

                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              Mr and Mrs Frank Castle; Christie's, Hong Kong, 26 Sept. 1989, lot 967.
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