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Lothair loading tea, Hong Kong, 1873 - Steven Dews
Lothair loading tea, Hong Kong, 1873 - Steven Dews
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Limited edition print on canvas, varnished. Edition of 300.
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Each canvas is hand-numbered & accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity, which is signed by the artist.
Image size: 46 x 28 inches (117 x 71 cm)
Canvas size: 50 x 32 inches (127 x 81 cm)
Image size: 46 x 28 inches (117 x 71 cm)
Canvas size: 50 x 32 inches (127 x 81 cm)
The clipper ship, Lothair, after discharging her cargo of coal is now loading tea for her return passage to England. Closer inshore is the liner Oceanic.
Lothair was built in 1872 by William Walker, Rotherhithe England, 56% owned by the builder and the remainder owned by her master Emlyn Peacock. Due to the downturn in the demand for sailing ships the builder may have had to retain shares in the vessel. She was probably the last composite ship built on the Thames.
In 1873, Killick, Martin & Co purchased Lothair. She was a very successful clipper, sailing on passages to New York, Yokohama and Hong Kong. Lothair was often charted by a well-known Hong Kong company, Arnhold and Co whose office is featured in the centre of the painting. There is a fine model of Lothair in the Hong Kong Museum of History.
The ship, after several changes of ownership was finally lost in 1910.
She was a regular visitor to Hong Kong after she had been chartered to the Occidental and Oriental Shipping Company (O&O) providing a passenger service in the Pacific until she was scrapped in 1895.
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