The East Indiaman ‘Triton’

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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A portrait of the East Indiaman ‘Triton’ off the coast of China. She is shown broadside-on under full sail. A small local junk is shown in the foreground with several figures looking up at the ship. The Chinese coast can be seen in the background. For 200 years East Indiamen carried trade between Britain and her increasingly important Indian possessions. Ships such as the ‘Triton’ were often luxuriously fitted out and much more commodious than Royal Navy ships. The painting is signed and dated ‘W.J. Huggins 1839’.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

The East Indiaman ‘Triton’

Date

1839

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 111.5 x W 157.4 cm

Accession number

BHC3674

Work type

Painting

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