Dawson with Mark Murray for 1stDibs

MONTAGUE DAWSON

British, 1895–1973

The China Tea Clipper "Shun Lee"

Signed MONTAGUE DAWSON
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm) Framed: 301⁄2 x 423⁄4 inches (77.5 x 108.5 cm)

The "Shun Lee" was built on the Thames in 1866 by W. Walker, weighed 674 tons, and was 158 feet in length. Her maiden voyage was between London and Australia under Captain J. Milbank, and she was then employed on the China Trade. In 1871 she was sold to Potter & Company of London and began the London-New Zealand trade.

Provenance

Frost & Reed Ltd., London, 1952 (acquired from the artist) Sale, Christie's, London, May 4, 1973, lot 187 Manuge Galleries Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Mr. C.W. McKay, Toronto, 1982 (acquired from the above) Thence by descent

Exhibited

London, Frost & Reed Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Sea Paintings by Montague Dawson, c. 1975, p. 19, no 9, illustrated