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THE EAST INDIAMAN LOWTHER CASTLE, OFF TABLE BAY, CAPE TOWN
Auction: 11/06/2007
Lot: 13
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William John Huggins AUCTION RECORDS
1781 - 1845. Known for: Painting.
Huggins joined the East India Company while still a young man and made several voyages to the Far East. He first learned to paint while in China. In 1814, the artist returned to London and... Read full biography
Huggins joined the East India Company while still a young man and made several voyages to the Far East. He first learned to paint while in China. In 1814, the artist returned to London and established a studio near the East India Company offices. Beginning with paintings of East India Company... Read full biography
Huggins joined the East India Company while still a young man and made several voyages to the Far East. He first learned to paint while in China. In 1814, the artist returned to London and established a studio near the East India Company offices. Beginning with paintings of East India Company vessels, he soon was an established ship portraitist gaining a strong reputation with the public and especially with seafaring men. The time Huggins spent at sea combined with his substantial volume of... Read full biography
Huggins joined the East India Company while still a young man and made several voyages to the Far East. He first learned to paint while in China. In 1814, the artist returned to London and established a studio near the East India Company offices. Beginning with paintings of East India Company vessels, he soon was an established ship portraitist gaining a strong reputation with the public and especially with seafaring men. The time Huggins spent at sea combined with his substantial volume of work are a valuable contribution to our knowledge of what ships of the period looked like. In 1834 he was appointed official marine painter to William IV where he painted both battle scenes and ship portraits. Huggins exhibited at the Royal Academy and... Read full biography
Huggins joined the East India Company while still a young man and made several voyages to the Far East. He first learned to paint while in China. In 1814, the artist returned to London and established a studio near the East India Company offices. Beginning with paintings of East India Company vessels, he soon was an established ship portraitist gaining a strong reputation with the public and especially with seafaring men. The time Huggins spent at sea combined with his substantial volume of work are a valuable contribution to our knowledge of what ships of the period looked like. In 1834 he was appointed official marine painter to William IV where he painted both battle scenes and ship portraits. Huggins exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution as well as the Suffolk Street Galleries. A large number of his paintings were made into lithographs. The National... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Northern Whale Fishery: The ship Harmony of Hull and other ice-bound whalers, hunting seals, narwhals and whales on the Davis Straits whaling ground off Greenland
William John Huggins Auction: 06/05/2014Lot: 45Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeTHE CLIPPER "RED ROVER" IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
William John Huggins Auction: 10/28/2017 - 10/29/2017Lot: 705Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeCaptain Collingwood's 74-gun Excellent engaging two enemy vessels, including the mighty 110-gun Spanish 4-decker Salvador del Mundo, at the battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14th February 1797
William John Huggins Auction: 10/05/2016Lot: 31Subscribe or get free alerts
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