Sujet

Chinese Merchants' Lorchas, Canton River, 1857. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Unknown.

Légende

Chinese Merchants' Lorchas, Canton River, 1857. Second Opium War. 'The lorcha is used in the coasting trade of China by the English and Portuguese...[These vessels have] led to so much dispute in the debates in Parliament upon the war with China'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_297

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,1Mo (1,8Mo) / 32,3cm x 23,3cm / 3820 x 2753 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river sea boat boats country China Chinese ship ships British geography color war location century Britain newspapers press junk concept B&W canton engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships merchant ship Colour South China Sea 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black Guangzhou Pearl River nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News Opium Wars TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown Second Opium War 19th-century Edwin Weedon Weedon Edwin Canton River