Chinese Merchants' Lorchas, Canton River, 1857. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Unknown.

Chinese Merchants' Lorchas, Canton River, 1857. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Unknown.

2-979-596 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Chinese Merchants' Lorchas, Canton River, 1857. Second Opium War. 'The lorcha is used in the coasting trade of China by the English and Portuguese...[These vessels have] led to so much dispute in the debates in Parliament upon the war with China'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.


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Creator
  1. Edwin Weedon: British: Artist, painter
  2. Unknown:

Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia China Canton Canton

  1. 23 07 00 N , 113 15 00 E

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3820x2753
File Size : 10,270kb


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  1. ILN_1857_Page_203_a.jpg
  1. 1857
  1. 0580085806
  1. 2-979-596
  1. 2979596

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