Repro ID: PY8575
Title: The Shun Lee.
Description: A print of the 'Shun Lee', a tea-clipper of 700 tons. She was built by William Walker of Lavender Dock, Rotherhithe. Clippers were vessels built to carry the annual tea crop back from India and China in the late 19th century. As the first ship home would be able to command a far higher price for her cargo, speed was essential. This explains their large area of sail and sleek lines.
Creator: Thomas Goldsworth Dutton (artist & engraver): William Foster (publisher)
Date: 5 November 1866
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
