Sujet

Kowloon Fort, opposite Hong-Kong, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Kowloon Fort, opposite Hong-Kong, 1857. 'Even in their guns the Chinese show their fondness for colour; those of Kowloon Fort being black, with red muzzles and mouldings, and mounted on black carriages'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_404

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

12,2Mo (742,1Ko) / 21,2cm x 14,5cm / 2500 x 1712 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building fort country China Chinese British weapon weapons color defence fortifications fortification Hong Kong war cannon cannons location century Britain newspapers press concept ammunition Kowloon B&W cannonball warfare engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry white and black armaments cannonballs nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ramrod TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper munitions Unknown 19th-century