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“The Great Tea Race 1866” – Signed W Barratt & A Dufty
This is an excellent Original Watercolour. Interesting though it seems to be signed by two different artists… one on the left and one on the right. The Left side says A Dufty, Sydney NSW. The right side says W Barrett 1929. Both are highly acclaimed artists in their own right. This Painting is of Ariel and Taeping. In the middle third of the 19th century, the clippers which carried cargoes of tea from China to Britain would compete in informal races to be first ship to dock in London with the new crop of each season. The Great Tea Race of 1866 was keenly followed in the press, with an extremely close finish. Taeping docked 28 minutes before Ariel – after a passage of more than 14,000 miles. This piece is in a period 1920’s Frame. There is some Foxing but as expected with its age. This painting is so detailed, you lose yourself in it.. love it ! The frame measures 98cm by 81cm high
