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Foo-Chow, showing Sir Launcelot and Spindthrift

Object summary

Title
Foo-Chow, showing Sir Launcelot and Spindthrift
Object ID
CC-R-0001-15
Date made
1868
Place made

China, Fujian, Fuzhou

Object type
Photograph
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view
No
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Description

The China trade clippers 'Sir Lancelot' and 'Spindrift' anchored in an anchorage off Pagoda Island in the Min River. The area, about 12 miles east of Foochow, was frequented by Western shipping vessels as trade with China increased. Beyond the ships in the middle ground, small hills and what appears to be a large mountain loom in the background against a cloud-filled sky. The tall mountain, however, is not a real mountain, but rather, a portion of the sky that was allowed to darken in the developing process. The outline of the "mountain" ends at the top of each ship's mast.

Large sized print of same photograph: CC-T-0133

Inscriptions

Type
graphite
Location
recto, top right
Text
P
Type
stamp
Location
recto, top right
Text
178
Type
blue ballpoint ink
Location
recto, top right
Text
R01(15)
Type
black ink
Location
recto, bottom
Text
Foo-chow 1868 Sir Lancelot Spindrift

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