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Paintings
Archives A China Trade Portrait |
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Paintings
Archives A China Trade Portrait |
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Here's our version of the story: a prosperous ship captain, while visiting one of the busy Chinese port cities, found an enterprising artist and showed him one of those new-fangled Daguerreotype images of his sweetheart, and asked if he could paint her portrait. The canvas used by the artist was mounted on a strainer (as opposed to an expandable stretcher), which is invariably attributed to China trade artists.
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Later in her life, the lady was cleaned, relined and set in a newer gold frame, measuring 29 " by 32" overall.
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Circa 1850.
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$2975.00 SOLD
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