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(4) Lamqua (ii) [Guan Shicun; Kuan Shih-ts’un]
( fl c. 1840–70). Probably the son or nephew of (2) Lamqua (i). He was identified by the Chinese inscriptions on the stretchers of two portraits (1864; Brighton, A.G. & Mus.; see 1986 exh. cat., p. 56). Of these, perhaps only the male portrait, Hexing of Hong Kong (785*620 mm), can be regarded as his work. The female figure (841*660 mm) was reproduced in several other very similar versions, and in this instance she was allocated a false identity—the Fourth Concubine of Hexing of Hong Kong—in order to satisfy Western demand for paired portraits representing husband and wife.
Part of the Guan family
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