Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Borget, Auguste
Title:
Hong Kong Bay
Date:
27 August 1838
Medium:
pencil on paper
Size:
39.8 x 61 cm
Description:
Hong Kong Bay. Inscribed and dated 'Hong-Kong Bay / 27 aout 1838', lower right).
Stamped ‘ATELIER / AUGUSTE BORGET’ and numbered ‘E10’ on the reverse.
This view was drawn, in pencil on paper, near present day Lai Chi Kok and is one of a series of sketches made by Borget while visiting Kowloon on 27 August 1838. A charming study of a fisherman's dwelling with overhanging tree. The view is looking south and in the distance across the sea Green Island and the western extremity of Hong Kong Island can be seen.
One of the earliest sketches of Hong Kong.
Provenance
Christies 2020
The property of a private individual
Artist studio stamp (Lugt 5717), and by descent to the present owner.
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Item Code:
P6947
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