Paintings
Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Jeffreys, Major F.V., R.E.
Title:
Hong Kong Harbour from Bowen Road
Date:
20th March 1898
Medium:
watercolour
Size:
17.5 x 25.2 cms.
Description:
Inscribed lower left H.K. 20.3.98. Inscribed verso in pencil, "View from Bowen Road looking on to Praya, Hong Kong by F.V. Jeffreys 1898".
The view is from Bowen Road above Wanchai looking west towards the harbour and Stonecutters' Island. The recent Chater (Praya) reclamation can be seen, showing the newly built Hong Kong Club, the Great Northern Telegraph Co., and the Butterfield and Swire buildings.
The English artist and army officer F.V. Jeffreys stayed in Hong Kong from 1898 to 1899 and painted a series of watercolours.
Framed
References:
Item Code:
P3282
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