Trade Art 11


A painting by William John Huggins (1781-1845) of the opium clipper Red Rover off the China coast. The Red Rover was the first and most famous of the purpose-built 'opium clippers' which carried opium from India to China. The 254-ton barque was launched in Calcutta on 12 December 1829 and ran between Calcutta and the Pearl River. In 1846 she was bought by Jardine, Matheson. The ship was finally lost in the early 1870s.