Title

The War in China - Chinese War Junks of the Old Style, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The War in China - Chinese War Junks of the Old Style, 1857. 'Twenty years ago their ships of war were short, misshapen masses of timber, quaint and ungainly in appearance, almost unmanageable, and the wonder to seamen of other nations how a craft of the character of the junk was able to make headway, or combat the dangers and intricacies of the sea and coast...The armament of war-junks...consisted principally of matchlocks, mounted on the rails of the bulwarks...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_326

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27,3Mb (1,8Mb) / 12,9in x 8,2in / 3866 x 2471 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea wood timber boat boats country China Chinese ship ships British geography color wooden war lumber location century Britain newspapers press sail junk sails concept B&W engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Colour South China Sea 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W white and black warships nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News Opium Wars wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown Second Opium War naval ship 19th-century