File:The Fontenaye in the China Seas RMG BHC2206.jpg
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Summary
anonymous: The 'Fontenaye' in the China Seas
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Chinese School 19th century |
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The 'Fontenaye' in the China Seas  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
| Description |
English: The Fontenaye in the China Seas A portrait of the clipper ship ‘Fontenaye’ in full sail. Employed in the China tea trade, she is shown here in the China Seas. Little is known about the ship, although later there was a barque of the same name which travelled between England and New Zealand in the 1880s. The ‘Fontenaye’ tea clipper has been painted by a Chinese artist and would have been commissioned while the ship was taking delivery of tea to bring back to England. The years from 1850 to 1865 are regarded as the great age of the clipper ships. Clippers were square-rigged vessels with narrow, streamlined hulls which enabled them to travel at considerable speed. Because of the way such commodity markets operated, such fast ships like the ‘Fontenaye’ were needed for premium freights, such as tea from China. |
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| Date | 19th century | |||||||||||
| Dimensions | Painting: 454 x 596 x 11 mm | |||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC2206 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13682 | |||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1927-283.A id number: BHC2206 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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| current | 16:26, 13 September 2017 | | 1,280 × 960 (1.05 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13682 #38 |
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