Title

Dutch Folly Fort, Canton River, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Dutch Folly Fort, Canton River, 1857. Forts in the Pearl River in Guangzhou (previously called Canton), which the Europeans used during the Second Opium War. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_405

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

22,2Mb (1,5Mb) / 12,9in x 6,7in / 3864 x 2006 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river building fort boat boats China British geography castle color defence fortifications fortification war century Britain newspapers press battlements concept battle B&W canton engraved engraving Colour 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 landscape Unknown Second Opium War 19th-century Battle of Canton Canton River