M Cross Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
It launched in 1811. Weighing 1,312 tonnes and measuring 133 feet long with a 43-foot beam, Inglis travelled to China three times via India between 1812 and 1818, commanded by Captain William Hay. In 1819-20, Captain Thomas Borradaile piloted the ship to China, and Inglis continued voyaging to China via India until, in 1834, she was sold out of the fleet for £9,150 to Richardson Borradaile. The Inglis was privately owned, wrecked in 1844.
Inscribed at the bottom of this image 'The Honourable East India Company's Ship Inglis, commanded by Joseph Dudman Esq, leaving St Helena in July 1830, in company with H.M. Frigate Ariadne and the H.C. Ships Windsor, Waterloo, Scaleby Castle, General Kyd, Farquharson & Lowthe'.
Originally painted by W.J. Huggins, 1832, but this aquatint & etching after the engraving by Edward Duncan is more likely c.1860 / 1880.
The overall condition is excellent, with close inspection of the print showing a light crease to the right-hand side where it has previously been folded . Additionally, this piece has been freshly mounted and reframed by my local framer and the end result with the new grey/green mount has given this image a real vibrancy.
Notes: William John Huggins (1781 - 1845) was an English painter. In his youth he was a sailor for the East India Company, traveling to Bombay and China. These experiences later informed his painting work. In 1830, he was named marine painter to William IV.
The engraver, Edward Duncan (1803 - 1882), was a printmaker and landscape watercolourist. He started his career as an engraver of sporting subjects but later only did paintings and prints of marine images. Along with exhibiting at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists, he was also a member of the Royal Watercolour Society.
M Cross Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Framed Antique Aquatint East India Company Ship Inglis 19th C After W J Huggins
