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Signing the Treaty of Nankin, c1880. Episode of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant
Foo Choo Foo, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China
Shanghai, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China
Ningbo, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, China, 1847. Artist: JW GilesNingbo, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, China, 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China
Amoy, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, 1847. Artist: JW GilesAmoy, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce, 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China
The English factories at Canton, 1847. Artist: JW GilesThe English factories at Canton, 1847. Guangzhou, (also known as Canton), was a Factory or trading port in China. After the end of the first Opium War between Britain and China in 1842
What we Ought to do in China, 1860. A Chinese dragon being threatened by a St George like representative of the British army
New Elgin Marbles, 1860. Lord Elgin (of the Elgin Marbles fame), holds a marble the size and weight of the cannonballs with which Peking had been threatened
The New Alliance, 1859. John Bull, in the shape of the British lion, dressed in hunting gear, in the company of the French Emperor, Louis Napoleon who is dressed in full military gear