1547361 The tea clippers Taeping (left) and Ariel (right) in The Great Tea Race of 1866, from China to London (colour litho) by Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth (1819-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The tea clippers Taeping (left) and Ariel (right) in The Great Tea Race of 1866, from China to London. After a passage of 14,000 miles the Taeping won, docking in London less than half an hour before the Ariel. ); British, out of copyright.