Adam's FINE ASIAN ART November 18 2024

10 THE HANCOCK COLLECTION THE STORY BEHIND THE PRIVATE IRISH COLLECTION OF JOHN SIMPSON The Hancock Collection, procured by Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander A. J. Patterson RN. Dr Patterson studied at Trinity College Dublin and The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and joined the British Navy in 1913 as a Surgeon Lieutenant, inspired by the doctors at the Adelaide and Rotunda Hospitals in Dublin (1908-12). Upon entering the navy, he was deployed to Britain’s Far Eastern fleet, where he served on gunboats patrolling the Yangtse River until August 1914, after which he joined the battleship HMS Triumph in Hong Kong. The ship was second to the Japanese fleet and assisted them in the blockade, bombardment and capture of the German colony of Qingdao in September and October 1914. Thereafter, HMS Triumph returned to Hong Kong for a refit and was sent to the Dardenelles in Turkey in 1915 where on 25th May, she was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Dr Patterson was one of the survivors. Illustrated here are black and white photographic negatives taken by Dr Patterson during this period, depicting gunboats patrolling the River Yangtse, harbour scenes, and Chinese junks under sale. We are delighted to present the following selection of lots from the Hancock Collection: 260, 268, 300.