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Chinese Export Portrait of a Troopship (c. 1870 China)
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Medium
Oil on Canvas
Framed Dimensions70.00cm framed width 57.00cm framed height (27.56 inches framed width 22.44 inches framed height)
Literature
The Euphrates class was a five-ship class of iron screw troopships built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s used principally for carrying troops to India. Their construction was bought about due to a need to move large numbers of troops across the globe at short notice during the mid 19th century at the outbreak of the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Designed to carry an entire battalion of infantry, the result was a magnificent barque-rigged steamer of considerable size; with a top speed of 15 knots, and able to take the direct route via the Suez Canal, they were able to reduce the length of the voyage significantly, but perhaps more importantly, the uncertainty in the time needed to make the journey round the Cape of Good Hope was also reduced. They carried three four-pounders, their design implying that they were much more heavily armed than was actually the case. The present portrait depicts either HMS Serapis, HMS Jumna, HMS Euphrates, HMS Malabar or HMS Crocodile.
A portrait of a Euphrates class troopship, painted oil on linen by a Chinese artist and within a period Chinese "Chippendale" carved, lacquered and parcel gilt frame.
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