Chinese Farm near Wosung

Location

Country: China
City: Beijing
Place: British Embassy

William Godfrey Rayson Masters was a Royal Marine and amateur artist. He may be the ‘W. Masters’ who exhibited one painting, titled ‘On the River Thames’, at the Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, in 1866, whose address was then listed as No. 3 Edward Street, Blackfriars. Masters became a Second Lieutenant of the Royal Marines in 1842, First Lieutenant in 1846, Captain in 1854, Major in 1860, Second Lieutenant in 1842 and finally achieved the position of Lieutenant Colonel in 1871. Many of his watercolours were evidently made during his numerous voyages.

Places

Shanghai, China, Wusong

Subjects

farmer/farm labourer, topography, genre, man, basket, house, farm, tiled roof, table (as Subject)

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

William Godfrey Rayson Masters (c.1823 - 1895)

Title

Chinese Farm near Wosung

Date

c.1860

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 11.50 cm, width: 17.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, September 1972

Inscription

bcr: Chinese Farm - near Wosung

GAC number

9713