File:Tea Clipper Cutty Sark RMG PY0693.tiff

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George Robinson
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English: Tea Clipper Cutty Sark

This watercolour is of the Cutty Sark, the only surviving British Tea Clipper. She was launched in 1869 and took part in the annual tea race from China to London. Tea represented one of the main consumable goods brought to Britain from the East of the British Empire - The East Indies. The tea trade expanded rapidly during the period 1750-1900. Signed by artist.

Tea Clipper Cutty Sark
Date circa 1869-1922
Dimensions Sheet: 275 x 388 mm; Mount: 479 mm x 629 mm
Notes Box Title: Sailing Ships 1865-1890.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/140640
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Print Room Location Code: 30 G 1869
id number: PAH0693
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