Follower of Lam Qua, a pair of Chinese School portraits of a woman, late qing/Republic Each of a young woman seated at a table and holding a manuscript, arranged in opposing poses and wearing traditional robes, oil on canvas, unsigned, in plain hardwood frames, 52cm x 38cm.(2) Footnote: Footnote: The Chinese portrait painter Lam Qua (active circa 1825-1860), was a student of George Chinnery and became renowned for the countenances of Western merchants but also the Chinese Hong merchants who traded with them. This fine pair follow the tradition of Western style portraiture and are thought to be depictions of the same woman, possibly a concubine. An inspection of the canvas and stretchers reveals their period to be long after that of Lam Qua himself, but they bear a striking resemblance to a portrait of the fourth concubine of Hexing (Wo Hing), currently in the Brighton Royal Pavilion Museum, UK.