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Property from the Kelton Collection
Unknown Painter, China
Whampoa Anchorage, circa 1845 Oil on canvas, on a stretcher, framed.
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佚名 黃埔碼頭 布面油畫 約一八四五年作ProvenanceSotheby's, New York, 7 April 1988 來源紐約蘇富比,1988年4月7日This large and fine view of the anchorage at Whampoa (Huangpu) is taken from a hill overlooking the foreign cemetery on Dane's Island. In the distance is the Whampoa (Pazhou) Pagoda, on Pazhou Island, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, which survives today. The pagoda was a landmark for Western sailors and is featured in many Chinese paintings for the Western market. It was at Whampoa that Western ships were made to anchor in the Pearl River, with only officers continuing on to Canton. American and other foreign ships are at anchor, and the buildings used by foreign traders can be seen in the distance. Chigang pagoda, now surrounded by the southern suburbs of Guangzhou can be seen on the left. Foreigners could not be buried on Chinese soil so land was ceded for the purpose of a cemetery for sailors from Europe and the United States. In 1979 ninety-six graves of Americans were recorded at Whampoa (L.K. Little, Last Harbor: American Graves at Whampoa, South China, January 1979, unpublished 14-page manuscript). A view including the cemetery, which has recently been restored by the Chinese government, would have been a poignant reminder of the gains and losses of trade.