East India men at sea, measurement each 43x53 cm. With chinese frames of the type used around 1810.
Relined canvas, crazing.
Purschased at Bukowskis from the Collection of Esbjörn Kronberg.
Compare ship portraits of this type represented at the Peabody Essex Museum of Salem.
Crossman, Carl L, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, compare images on page 113, 117, 120, 121 also depicting distress situation such as ships in typhoons. Many attributed to Spoilum.