Title

Capture of Bocca Tigris Forts by the English Squadron - the Attack on North and South Wantung, 1857. Creator: Edmund Evans.

Caption

The War with China - Capture of Bocca Tigris Forts by the English Squadron - the Attack on North and South Wantung, 1857. 'Encounter, North Wantung, Nankin, South Aminghoy, Hornet, South Wantung, [H.M.S.] Barracouta, Calcutta (flagship), Coromandel'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A75_261

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NA

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Rights managed

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30,7Mb (2,4Mb) / 18,4in x 6,5in / 5508 x 1945 (300dpi)

Keywords

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