Philadelphians and the China Trade 1784-1844 by Jean Gordon Lee - Essay by Philip Chadwick Foster Smith (2004).pdf

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Published
on
the
occasion
of
two
exhibitions
at
the
Philadelphia
Museum
of
Art
PHILADELPHIANS
AND
THE
CHINA
TRADE,
1784-1844
July
1-September
23,
1984
and
THE
CANTON
CONNECTION:
SHIPS,
16,
CAPTAINS
AND
CARGOES
Museum
1984
Organized
by
the
Philadelphia
Maritime
July
1-September
Philadelphians
and
the
China
Trade,
1784-1844
was
made
possible
by
the
generous
bequest
of
Frances
C.
Gaskill
and
major
grants
from
The
Pew
Memorial
Trust
and
the
National
Endowment
for
the
Arts,
a
Federal
agency.
Contributions
were
made
by
the
Women's
Committee
of
the
Philadelphia
Museum
of
Art,
the
Pennsylvania
Humanities
Council,
The
Mutual
Assurance
Company,
Mrs.
John
T.
Dorrance,
and
other
generous
individuals.
Additional
funding
for
the
catalogue
was
provided
by
Mrs.
S.
Emlen
Stokes,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Meyer
P.
Potamkin,
and
the
Beneficia
Foundation.
Attributed
to
Thomas
Birch
(American,
1779-1851),
c.
View
of
Philadelphia,
>/z"
1812.
Oil
on
canvas,
27'/2
x
35
(70
x
90.2
cm).
Private
Collection
painting
is
The
ship
thought
in
this
possibly
the
Lancaster,
the
people
in
the
rowboat
are
owned
by
Thomas
Pym
Cope
to
be
(q.v.);
Cope
and
his
family
going
to
greet
the
ship
to
on
its
most
welcome
return
after
it
Philadelphia
from
Canton
in
1812,
British
blockade.
had
eluded
the
Philadelphians
AND
THE
China
Trade
1784-1844
Jean
Gordon
Lee
Essay
by
Philip
Chadwick
Foster
Smith
Philadelphia
Museum
of
Art
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