Opium Wars Collection

Passant la revue des fumeurs d'opium, 1858. Creator: Honore Daumier
Passant la revue des fumeurs d'opium, 1858. (Histoire de faire aller le commerce). Making a review of opium smokers. (History of encouraging trade)

Action between a large Chinese Row-Galley and a small Cutter of H.M.S. "Amethyst"... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Action between a large Chinese Row-Galley and a small Cutter of H.M.S. "Amethyst", Canton River, 19th July, 1858. British forces in China

Sick and Wounded embarking at Hong-Kong on board the Steamer "Canton", 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sick and Wounded embarking at Hong-Kong on board the Steamer "Canton", [China], 1858. In relation to this drawing our Artist and Correspondent makes the following remarks

Sketches at Canton - Demolishing Houses, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches at Canton - Demolishing Houses, 1858. British forces cause havoc in China. Engraving from...drawings which we received by the last Overland Mail from our Special Artist

Sketches at Canton - Panic at the Commissariat Stores - "Great Firing and No Execution", 1858. British forces cause havoc in China

Sketches in Canton - Appearance of a Busy Street...after a Visit from "The Barbarians", 1858
Sketches in Canton - Appearance of a Busy Street in Canton after a Visit from "The Barbarians" on their burning and plundering raid, 1858. Destruction caused by British forces

Sketches in Canton - Return of the Avengers, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Canton - Return of the Avengers, 1858. British forces in China...have been destroying, looting, and burning, and are loaded with all manner of property

Signing of the Treaty between England and China at Tien-tsin on June 26, 1858, (1858). Creator: Unknown
Signing of the Treaty between England and China at Tien-tsin on June 26, 1858, (1858). Hwa-Sha-Na; the Earl of Elgin, Kwei-Leang; Admiral [Sir Michael] Seymour...the ceremony of signing the treaty

The Attack on the Peiho Forts by the English and French Fleets, 1858. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
The Attack on the Peiho Forts by the English and French Fleets, 1858. Fort, 8 Guns; Nimrod; Fort, 10 Guns; Avalanche (French)

The Attack on the Peiho Forts by the English and French Fleets, 1858. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
The Attack on the Peiho Forts by the English and French Fleets, 1858. Dragonne (French); Fort, 15 Guns; Slaney; Firm; Opossum; Severn; Staunch; Fusee (French); Cormorant; Bustard; Fort

The City of Canton - from the Island of Honan - from a sketch by our special artist and... 1858. Creator: Unknown
The City of Canton - from the Island of Honan - from a sketch by our special artist and correspondent, 1858. White Cloud Mountain; Dutch Folly [fort]'

The City of Canton - from the Island of Honan - from a sketch by our special artist and... 1858. Creator: Unknown
The City of Canton - from the Island of Honan [in China] - from a sketch by our special artist and correspondent, 1858. Head-quarters, Magazine-Hill'

Map of North-east China, showing the Gulf of Pechili, the Tien-Tsin (Peiho) River... 1860. Creator: John Dower
Map of North-east China, showing the Gulf of Pechili, the Tien-Tsin (Peiho) River, and the approaches to Pekin, 1860. By the latest intelligence from China we learn that the French

Landing of Sikh horses at Odin Bay, Talien-Wan - from a sketch by our special artist in China, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Landing of Sikh horses at Odin Bay, Talien-Wan - from a sketch by our special artist in China, 1860. Our Artist writes: [July 23]: "I am writing under difficulties

Sir Hope Grant and the staff of the British Expedition in China... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Sir Hope Grant and the staff of the British Expedition in China - from a photograph by Signor F. Beato, 1860. Portraits of the Commander and Staff of the British Expedition to China

The War in China - the landing of British troops at Pehtang... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - the landing of British troops at Pehtang - from a sketch by our special artist, C. Wirgman, 1860. My brain...was in a whirl of confusion at the sight of this Babel of people

The King's Dragoon Guards closing with the Tartar cavalry in the engagement near Pekin... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The King's Dragoon Guards closing with the Tartar cavalry in the engagement near Pekin on the 21st of September - from a sketch by our special artist in China, 1860. British forces in China

The French attack on the Bridge Pa-Li-Chian, eight miles from Pekin... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The French attack on the Bridge Pa-Li-Chian, eight miles from Pekin - from a sketch by our special artist in China, 1860. European forces in China. Sir J

British and native officers of Fane's Horse serving in China, 1860. Creator: Unknown
British and native officers of Fane's Horse serving in China, 1860. These corps of irregular cavalry occupy a notable position in the expeditionary army to China

Dining under difficulties - from a sketch by our special artist in China, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Dining under difficulties - from a sketch by our special artist in China, 1860. British forces in the Far East. From "Illustrated London News", 1860

Chinese field gun - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Chinese field gun - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. Equipment captured by the British military in the Far East. From "Illustrated London News", 1860

The War in China - interior of the North Fort Peiho - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - interior of the North Fort Peiho - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. British forces in the Far East

Mr. F. W. Bowlby, the "Times'" correspondent in China - from a photograph by Herbert Watkins, 1860
Mr. F. [sic] W. Bowlby, the "Times'" correspondent in China - from a photograph by Herbert Watkins, 1860. The body of that gentleman was rendered up by the Chinese authorities

Fonctionnaires chinois veillant au salut de l'empire!, 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
Fonctionnaires chinois veillant au salut de l'empire!, 1859. Chinese officials ensuring the salvation of the empire! (The Opium Wars arose from China's attempts to suppress the opium trade)

The Magic Lantern - drawn by H. G. Hine, 1858. Creator: M. Jackson
The Magic Lantern - drawn by H. G. Hine, 1858. "What fun! He has got hold of the Chinaman by his pigtail!"...a chorus of joyous laughter burst from fifty young spectators

Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Note woman on right with bound feet. The rooms where the Chinese sit and smoke opium are surrounded by wooden couches

The War in China - the forts at the mouth of the Pehtang River, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - the forts at the mouth of the Pehtang River, 1860. British forces in the far east. The plan of operations decided upon was to land at the Pehtang River

The War in China - the "Havoc" gun-boat, with Fane's Horse on board, on its way from Talien-Wan to the Pehtang - from a sketch by our special artist, C. Wirgman, 1860

The War in China - Punjaub-street, or La Grande Rue, Pehtang... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - Punjaub-street, or La Grande Rue, Pehtang - from a sketch by our special artist, C. Wirgman, 1860. European and Indian soldiers

The War in China - tent of the 15th Punjaubees at Pehtang... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - tent of the 15th Punjaubees at Pehtang - from a sketch by our special artist, C. Wirgman, 1860. British officers and their Indian attendants. Note crates of cognac

The new clipper steam-ship "Ly-ee-moon", built for the opium trade, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The new clipper steam-ship "Ly-ee-moon", built for the opium trade, 1860. This beautiful vessel, which on her trial-trip attained the extraordinary speed of nearly seventeen knots per hour

The War in China - departure from Hockly Pier, Odin Bay, of the Sikh Cavalry and troops... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - departure from Hockly Pier, Odin Bay, of the Sikh Cavalry and troops for the Peiho, 1860. Our Artist writes: [July 23]: "I am writing under difficulties

The Fleet in China under Admiral Jones assembled off Kintang prior to the occupation of Chusan, 1860 Creator: Unknown
The Fleet in China under Admiral Jones assembled off Kintang prior to the occupation of Chusan, 1860. Engraving from a sketch by Lieut. H. E. Sturt, on board the Imperieuse

The attack on the Peiho Forts on the 21st of August, 1860... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The attack on the Peiho Forts on the 21st of August, 1860 - sketched by our special artist from the head-quarters of the military train, Tung-Ku, 1860

Sketches in China - the Burning of Telesio's Store, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in China - the Burning of Telesio's Store, 1858. Europeans in China. Telesio's Store...where sundry beverages and edibles were to be got

Attack on the "Braves" near the White Cloud Mountain, Canton - sketched by our special... 1858
Attack on the "Braves" near the White Cloud Mountain, Canton - sketched by our special artist and correspondent, 1858. British forces attack in China

The storming and capture of the North Fort, Peiho, on the 21st August, 1860... Creator: Unknown
The storming and capture of the North Fort, Peiho, on the 21st August, 1860 - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. British forces in China

Leaon, the Governor-General of Kwang-Tung and Kwang-Si, China, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Leaon, the Governor-General of Kwang-Tung and Kwang-Si, China, 1860. This officer [commonly known as Viceroy of Canton] appears to have been the chief of the three members of the Censorate who

Street within the City Walls, Canton - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Street within the City Walls, Canton - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. On the right...is the sedan, which is a general conveyance used by persons of quality in China

Plan of the Attack on the Forts and Batteries of Canton, Nov.12 and 13, 1856, (1857). Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Attack on the Forts and Batteries of Canton, Nov.12 and 13, 1856, (1857). British naval officer:..we have had a job to take some forts called the Bocca Tigris

The British Factories at Canton, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The British Factories at Canton, 1857....from a drawing by a Chinese artist...The comparatively small space occupied by the foreigners on the river-side is, notwithstanding its limited extent

Chinese Pirate-boat at Canton - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Chinese Pirate-boat at Canton - from a drawing by a Chinese artist, 1857. The river swarms with pirates...and they carry on their depredations unchecked in the very teeth of the forts...The pirate

The Breaching Battery, Dutch Folly Fort, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The War with China - The Breaching Battery, Dutch Folly Fort, 1857. Dutch Folly, in addition to the Sybille's 68-pounders, is armed with the Samson's 92-cwt

Capture of Bocca Tigris Forts by the English Squadron - the Attack on North and South Wantung, 1857
The War with China - Capture of Bocca Tigris Forts by the English Squadron - the Attack on North and South Wantung, 1857. Encounter, North Wantung, Nankin, South Aminghoy, Hornet, South Wantung

Capture of French Folly Fort - Termination of the Action, and Blowing-up of Junks, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The War with China - Capture of French Folly Fort - Termination of the Action, and Blowing-up of Junks, 1857. French Folly is still in the hands of the Chinese

Capture of French Folly Fort, near Canton, by H.M.S. "Barracouta" and "Coromandel"... 1857
The War with China - Capture of French Folly Fort, near Canton, by H.M.S. "Barracouta" and "Coromandel" - Commencement of the Action, 1857

Chinese Passage Boats, near Canton, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Chinese Passage Boats, near Canton, 1857. Second Opium War. The Admiral...next proceeded to destroy the junks of war and a fortification situated below the city, called French Folly

Chinese soldiers, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Chinese soldiers, 1857. Second Opium War. It appears that a lorcha, named the Arrow, trading on the coast, had anchored off Canton somewhere at the beginning of last October

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