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Watercolor of Chinese junks and small boats on a river at Canton, with a fort on a wooded island in the distance.

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Boats near a Dutch Folly Fort, Canton, Thomas Daniell (1785), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A pale watercolor view across a river harbour at Canton, showing large Chinese junks with tall masts and streaming pennants in the foreground, with smaller sampans and rowing boats on the water. A wooded island with a fort-like structure and several sailing junks appear in the middle distance. The work is attributed to Thomas Daniell and dated 1785.

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