File:Fleet of Chinese junks in action NYR 2017.jpg

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Fleet of Chinese junks in action
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Unknown authorUnknown author probably sketches by Mr. Williams, mate of the Hermes
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Fleet of Chinese junks in action
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English: TAIPING REBELLION – From a series of 10 watercolour paintings by an unidentified artist depicting British naval battles with Chinese Taiping Rebels., Zhenjiang, China, c.1853.

British Warships attack Taiping-held villages and junks on the Yangtze River – one of a series of contemporary watercolours depicting the event in detail. A visual record of the joint-Chinese Imperial and British naval actions against Taiping rebels who had seized control of this strategic Yangtze River city only two months before.

The civil war in China - HMS Hermes.
Depicted place China
Date 1853
date QS:P571,+1853-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium watercolour on paper
Dimensions 100 x 140 - c.209 x 317mm
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 6082816


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