Framed Prints
Framed Print of The War in China - Shop of the Chinese Baker, Esing (Alum), at Victoria, Hong-Kong, 1857. Creator: Marciano Antonio Baptista
The War in China - Shop of the Chinese Baker, Esing (Alum), at Victoria, Hong-Kong, 1857. View...drawn by a Portuguese named Baptista, who is here thought a clever artist, and who was a pupil of Chinery...[of] the house of Esing (properly called Alum) the baker who supplied the bread poisoned with arsenic from which so many people suffered in Hong-Kong, and who, with his father and eight of his workmen, are now on their trial for that crime...Two or three hundred people, altogether, had partaken of the poisoned bread, but no lives had been lost...Private letters from the Chinese Seas, received at Paris, state that Alum had been tried before a Council of War legally constituted, and convicted of an attempt to poison the English Charge d'Affaires and his family. The man was condemned to death and shot...'. In fact Cheong was expelled, and forbidden from ever returning to Hong Kong. From Illustrated London News, 1857. Heritage Images features heritage image collections. © The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Media ID 36336870
Arsenic Bakers Bakery Bread Contaminated Contamination Hong Kong China Opium Wars Poison Poisoned Poisoning Second Opium War
Modern Frame 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 24.4cm x 19.1cm (9.6" x 7.5")
Estimated Product Size is 36cm x 31cm (14.2" x 12.2")
