Lot 144: Kwong Sang (Chinese, act.1860-1900)

Kwong Sang (Chinese, act.1860-1900)
The British four-masted barque Eulomene at sea under full sail
signed, inscribed and dated 'Kwong Sang/Calcutta 1894' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25¾ x 35¾ in. (65.4 x 90.8 cm.)

Built at Glasgow by Robert Thompson and Sons in 1891, the four-masted Eulomene was owned by the Liverpool Shipping Company (Ferniers) who employed her throughout her career. Registered at 2,725 tons gross (2,607 net), she measured 310 feet in length with a 43 foot beam. After 14 successful years, she was reported missing on passage from Bremerhaven to the Tyne in 1905 and never seen again.