Tiger Island, Canton River, China - Hand-Colored Engraving - 1843
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Original engraving, hand-colored, of Tiger Island at the mouth of the Canton River, with a Chinese junk and two boats riding the swell. Engraved by Edward Goodall after a drawing by Clarkson Stanfield made from a sketch by Captain R. Elliot, R.N.
Original engraving, hand-colored, of Tiger Island at the mouth of the Canton River, with a Chinese junk and two boats riding the swell. Engraved by Edward Goodall after a drawing by Clarkson Stanfield made from a sketch by Captain R. Elliot, R.N.
Published in London by Fisher, Son & Co. in 1843, with the title lettered below in three languages: "Tiger Island", "L'ile du Tigre", "Tiger Insel". The passage of the Bocca Tigris (Humen), defended by the forts the British took in 1841, was the obligatory entrance to Canton, and views of the area were much in demand after the First Opium War.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: Clarkson Stanfield, after a sketch by Captain R. Elliot, R.N.
Engraver: Edward Goodall.
Date: 1843.
Source: Published in London by Fisher, Son & Co.
Dimensions: Image 4.7 x 7.3 in (12 x 18.5 cm).
Condition: Good; the paper clean with wide margins and light toning.
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Original engraving, hand-colored, of Tiger Island at the mouth of the Canton River, with a Chinese junk and two boats riding the swell. Engraved by Edward Goodall after a drawing by Clarkson Stanfield made from a sketch by Captain R. Elliot, R.N.