Sujet

Bombardment of Canton: the Suburbs on Fire - from a sketch by an officer engaged in the..., 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Bombardment of Canton: the Suburbs on Fire - from a sketch by an officer engaged in the operations, 1857. 'War in China: The time is approaching when our present treaty with China will have terminated, and a new one will require to be made...Shall we be denied the privilege of having a diplomatic agent at Pekin [Beijing], while Russia maintains one there? We have a naval force strong enough to make the Chinese sensible of our greatness, and to enforce demands which the interests of commerce as well as our national dignity justify us in making'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_218

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,2Mo (2,0Mo) / 32,6cm x 20,1cm / 3855 x 2371 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation destruction sailing boats sailing boat boat boats harbour China smoke burning fire flame flames British color pagoda war sailboats sailboat century Britain newspapers press junk junks concept battle controversy B&W canton controversial engraved engraving Colour bombarding 19th century water transport bombing bombardment black & white black and white B W white and black on fire Guangzhou nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Opium Wars TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown Second Opium War 19th-century Battle of Canton