Sujet

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

Légende

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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_261

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30.7Mo (2.4Mo) / 46.6cm x 16.5cm / 5508 x 1945 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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