Sampan Collection

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

Squad of sappers and miners coming ashore in a sampan at Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn
Squad of sappers and miners coming ashore in a sampan at Chemulpo, c1904

Boats and Sampans, c1910. Boats and Sampans, China. A sampan is a flat bottomed wooden boat, traditionally used as fishing boats. [Kuhn & Komor, c1910]

Sampan, 1870s. Creator: Unknown
Sampan, 1870s

Boats Along Riverbank, 1870s. Creator: Unknown
Boats Along Riverbank, 1870s

Vue de la Ville Chinoise (Cholen) Feuille No. 6, Saigon, Cochinchine, 1866

Reminiscence of Jinling, 1686. Creator: Wang Gai
Reminiscence of Jinling, 1686. Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Wangchuan Villa, dated 1711. Creator: Wang Yuanqi
Wangchuan Villa, dated 1711. Retreat of the poet, musician, and landscape painter Wang Wei (699-759). Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Rainstorm over a River Village, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Tanomura Chikuden
Rainstorm over a River Village, late 18th-early 19th century. Edo period

Flowers and Chinoiserie, 18th century. Creator: French Painter, late 18th century
Flowers and Chinoiserie, 18th century

Boats on the Pearl River, Canton, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Boats on the Pearl River, Canton, China, 1898. Flower-boats and warehouses in the busy port city. Blumenboote, Am Flussufer in Canton, Pfandthurm

Wat Chaeng, Bangkok, Siam, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Wat Chaeng, Bangkok, Siam, 1898. View of the Buddhist temple, also known as Wat Chaeng, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) dates back to the 17th century

Market Boats on a Canal Leading into the Menam River, Bangkok, Siam, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Market Boats on a Canal Leading into the Menam River, Bangkok, Siam, c1930s. Chao Phraya river known as the Menam on European maps in Bangkok, Siam, which change its name to Thailand in 1940

Hanoi. Bords Du Fleuve Rouge, (Hanoi. On the Banks of the Red River), 1900. Creator: Unknown
Hanoi. Bords Du Fleuve Rouge, (Hanoi. On the Banks of the Red River), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule VIII". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900]

Fouled Waters Beneath A Bridge Leading To Unlovely Homes of Poverty and Pain, c1935
Fouled Waters Pass Beneath A Bridge That Leads To Unlovely Homes of Poverty and Pain, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume III, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Ogara River at Tokio, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
The Ogara River at Tokio, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

A River Scene, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
A River Scene, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

On the Yellow River, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
On the Yellow River, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

The centre of traffic - Singapore River and Kavanagh Bridge, from Surveyors office, Singapore, 1907. [Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas, 1907]

Native Sampan Singapore, c1910. Sampan, a flat bottomed wooden boat, traditionally used by fishermen

Scene on the river at Canton, China, c1840

Chinese sampans in the harbour of Hong Kong, c1875

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