3-016-807 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Taeping Rebellion in China: entrance to Hall of Justice, Ching-Wang's palace, Soo-Chow, 1864. Engraving from a photograph, '...illustrative of the capture of the Chinese town of Soo-Chow by the Imperialist troops, under Major Gordon; and the subsequent destruction of the Taeping or rebel leaders...The Footai had...ensconced himself in the palace just vacated by Ching-Wang. Our Engraving shows...the Hall of Justice, where Ching-Wang used to sit in state, as the Footai now sits there, presiding over the administration of the law'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.