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: 30½ x 42¾ 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
New York, The National Art Museum of Sport, Third International Exhibition Frost and Reed Gallery, London, 1973, p. 22, no. 28, illustrated
London, Frost & Reed Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Sea Paintings by Montague Dawson, c. 1975, p. 19, no 9, illustrated
$80,000