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| Keywords: East Indiaman Asia.jpg William John Huggins William John Huggins 1781 “ 1845 The ship was built in 1811 and is shown off Hong Kong between 1831 and 1832 towards the end of her career The artist has depicted her in starboard broadside flying the red ensign and distinguishing flags Chinese junks have been shown to left and right of her with more European shipping in the right distance depicted in front of an island The subject of Indiamen in the East was a familiar one to Huggins who had probably begun his working life at sea and served in the East India Company as a steward and assistant purser on board the 'Perseverance' which sailed for Bombay and China in December 1812 returning in August 1814 <ref>http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/14682 html NMM</ref> reflist 1836 oil on canvas cm 81 3 127 National Maritime Museum object history credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London accession number BHC3209 1 http //www nmm ac uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail cfm ID BHC3209 nmm ac uk<br/>2 http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/14682 html Royal Museums Greenwich PD-old-100 William John Huggins Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Asia ship 1811 19th-century sailing ships in paintings 1836 paintings 1830s paintings in the United Kingdom | ||||
