The Thomas Coutts East Indiaman
Title The Thomas Coutts East Indiaman
Accession Number R1219-C1237
Museum Name Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
Gallery Name -
Object Type Painting
Medium Oil on Canvas
Main Artist W. J. Huggins
Provenance Messrs. Parker Bus Co
Period / Year of Work AD
Dimensions 77.7 x 113 cm/ 42 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches
Brief Description

This fine vessel made eight voyages to the East between 1817 and 1833, six of them under the same name Captain (Alexander Chrystie). All but one were in China and in 1826-27 a record passage was made of a little under a year, out and home.

The ship is here shown at anchor in Singapore Road.