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S.S. Glenogle (c. 1885 Chinese)

24.75inch wide   19.50inch high (62.86 cm wide  49.53 cm high)

29.75inch framed width   24.50inch framed height (75.56 cm framed width  62.23 cm framed height)

S.S. Glenogle, built for the Glen Line in 1882-1904 sold to Seang, Taik & Co, Rangoon.
In 1867 Alan C. Gow took delivery of a sailing ship which he used on the Glasgow / Liverpool - Cape Horn - Chile trade. The following year he purchased a second vessel and started the practise of naming his ships GLEN______. The opening of the Suez Canal was a large factor in the decision to operate steamships in the China tea trade and the company started this operation in 1870 and moved their home port to London. James McGregor was put in charge of the company's steamship activities and by 1880 had become the senior partner and the company became McGregor, Gow & Company. South America sailings ceased the same year and the company concentrated on the India and Far East routes.
This portrait shows the Glenogle after modification in 1890, in her Lim Chin Tsong Livery and with two funnels; the original 2-cylinder engine being converted to triple expansion in this year.
My thanks to Dr. Stephen Davies of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum for much of the above information.

Chinese Export portrait of the S.S. Glenogle, painted in oil on linen and within a period carved wood, lacquer and parcel-gilt frame.
Hong Kong circa 1900.