Disasters always make a compelling subject for art.
While perusing the items at the Durham stop of the Antiques Roadshow tour, a trio of oil paintings catch your eye. Each depicts the bustling Canton harbor, a large trading port in China. All the paintings appear to be in their original frames. One in particular catches your eye. Disasters always make a compelling subject for art, and this picture appears to have been painted by an eyewitness to a spectacular fire in Canton.