Sujet
Commissioner Lin with an imperial commission from the Daoguang Emperor to halt the illegal importation of opium by the British, destroying thousands of chests of opium in 1839.
Légende
Commissioner Lin with an imperial commission from the Daoguang Emperor to halt the illegal importation of opium by the British, destroying thousands of chests of opium in 1839. Lin Zexu, 1785 - 1850, courtesy name Yuanfu. Chinese scholar-official of the Qing dynasty. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
Date
1915
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG23A59_063
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
47,0Mo (7,5Mo) / 43,2cm x 27,3cm / 5100 x 3223 (300dpi)