Sujet

The War with China - Interior of the Dutch Folly Fort, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The War with China - Interior of the Dutch Folly Fort, 1857. Second Opium War. 'The Folly is in beautiful order, everything in its proper place; great credit is due to the two lieutenants in command. The blue-jackets have adorned it with some frescoes of their own designing. One represents a T. P. Cooke-looking sailor pointing to the city, with the legend attached, "This way to the breach"; and another direction points out "The way to honour and glory." A Chinese prisoner inside, who was taken at the Bogue, and retained to be cured by the doctor, his leg having had to be amputated, has made great friends with his kind but rather rough nurses in the Folly'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_253

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,6Mo (2,0Mo) / 31,6cm x 21,1cm / 3728 x 2491 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river building people male man men fort China guy ship ships British geography castle shooting color defence fortifications fortification war cannon cannons century Colonial empire unknown Britain newspapers press soldiers soldier battlements concept Navy B&W canton sailor warfare sailors engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships Colour naval warfare 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black Guangzhou Pearl River armaments nineteenth century The Print Collector British Empire colonialism geographical feature Illustrated London News imperialism Opium Wars TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper landscape the unknown Unknown Second Opium War 19th-century