[M] LAI FONG OF CALCUTTA (CHINESE, ACT. C. 1870-1910) The ship 'Country of Linlithgow' running under shortened sail in high seas

LAI FONG OF CALCUTTA (CHINESE, ACT. 1870-1910)

The ship 'County of Linlithgow' running under shortened sail in high seas

Signed, inscribed and dated 'Lai Fong/Calcutta/1898' (lower right)

Oil on canvas

24 x 34in. (61 x 86cm.)

Sotheby's London: Marine Pictures and Nautical Works of Art, 11th May 1994, lot 176.

County of Linlithgow was a 2,300 ton four-masted cargo ship built by Barclay Curle & Co in 1887 for R & J Craig of Glasgow. In 1919 she was sold and converted to a twin screw tanker for vegetable oil. Sold on to Greek owners in 1923 for use as a petroleum carrier, she was renamed Katerina in 1937 and sunk as such in an air raid on Methana, Piraeus on 23rd April 1941.

Condition Report

Extensive craquelure, very little retouching, relined.

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