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I.C. Bourne, delt. Published by Smith, Elder & Co. 65, Cornhill, London 1846.
A beautiful scene of early Hong Kong from North Point. To the left are Jardine Mathesons' godowns and Kellett Island. In the distance a fleet of ships are at anchor beside a newly developing Victoria Town which is sheltered beneath Victoria Peak.
The largest early lithograph to show a newly developing Hong Kong in 1845/6. Rare.
John Cooke Bourne (1814 – 1896) was a well-known English painter and lithographer. Based on a Chinese painting, he produced one of the earliest and most magnificent large plate lithographs of Hong Kong. It is a view of the Island from North Point in 1846. This charming hand-coloured view is not listed in the reference book, The Chater Collection: Pictures Relating to China, Hongkong, Macao, 1655-1860 by James Orange, 1924 and rarely comes on the market.
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Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong the Changing Scene, A Record in Art,1980. No.15. Page52.
Not in Chater, Abbey, British Museum or other standard reference works.
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