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Description: | 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.
Box Title: Sailing Ships 1865-1890.
caption: Tea Clipper Cutty Sark | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | drawings Cutty Sark (1869) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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