JOHN BENTHAM DINSDALE (british 1927-2006) "THE TAEPING" Signed 'John Bentham Dinsdale' bottom right; also titled and signed verso, oil on canvas 29 7/8 x 39 7/8 in. (75.9 x 101.3cm) provenance: Sotheby's, London, sale of December 14, 2006, lot 91. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection, Virginia. NOTE: The Taeping was an English tea clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Company at Greenock. Designed for Captain Alexander Rodgers, it participated in the Great Tea Race of 1866 and narrowly defeated the ship Ariel. After a notable career and many other tea races, Taeping was wrecked on Ladd's Reef in the South China Sea, on its way from Amoy to New York.
JOHN BENTHAM DINSDALE (british 1927-2006) "THE TAEPING" Signed 'John Bentham Dinsdale' bottom right; also titled and signed verso, oil on canvas 29 7/8 x 39 7/8 in. (75.9 x 101.3cm) provenance: Sotheby's, London, sale of December 14, 2006, lot 91. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection, Virginia. NOTE: The Taeping was an English tea clipper built in 1863 by Robert Steele & Company at Greenock. Designed for Captain Alexander Rodgers, it participated in the Great Tea Race of 1866 and narrowly defeated the ship Ariel. After a notable career and many other tea races, Taeping was wrecked on Ladd's Reef in the South China Sea, on its way from Amoy to New York.
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