Sujet

Chinese Passage Boats, near Canton, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Chinese Passage Boats, near Canton, 1857. Second Opium War. 'The Admiral...next proceeded to destroy the junks of war and a fortification situated below the city, called French Folly. The Chinese soldiers here showed an unexpected resistance, firing and reloading their guns with much determination; the junks, however, were speedily burned, and the fort carried by assault. A considerable force then proceeded to attack the Bogue forts, so celebrated in the history of our dealings with China, and for the fourth time during the last few years...these forts have been silenced and dismantled. In this state the matter rests; all trade, of course, is at an end, our factories deserted, and the traffic on the river effectually stopped'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_225

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

21,5Mo (1,6Mo) / 31,8cm x 17,0cm / 3754 x 2005 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river job boat boats country China Chinese occupation British geography color rowing war paddle location century Britain profession oar oars newspapers press paddles oarsmen oarsman junk junks concept battle B&W canton engraved engraving Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black Guangzhou nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News Opium Wars TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown Second Opium War 19th-century Battle of Canton