The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860 / by Major W.G.R. Masters, Royal Marine Light Infantry ; a series of eight views ...

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Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays), The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860 , [1861]

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Creator:: Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays)
Title(s):: The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860 / by Major W.G.R. Masters, Royal Marine Light Infantry ; a series of eight views ...
Published/Created:: London : Published July 18, 1861, by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields, [1861]
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2024 3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3429309
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BAC Folio B 2024 3: Plates are not hand-colored. Unbound. In publisher's original printed wrappers, rebacked.
Subject Terms:: China -- History -- Foreign intervention, 1857–1861 -- Pictorial works.
China -- Pictorial works.
Taku Forts (China)
Form/Genre:: Lithographs.
Contributors:: Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth, active 1855, lithographer.
Walker, Edmund, 1813 or 1814–1882, lithographer.
Day & Son, publisher.
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Contents (from title page): 1. Bombardment of the forts at the entrance of the Peiho River, 25th June 1859 ...
2. Landing to attack the Peiho forts ...
3. View from the centre bastion, south forts, 1860 ...
4. At the stakes, mouth of the Peiho River, 1860
5. View of the south forts ...
6. Fort taken by assault, 21st August ...
7. The forts at the mouth of the Peiho River ...
8. Fort taken by assault by the allied forces, 21st August.

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