File:Taking the Island of Chusan by the British, July 5th 1840 RMG PX9185.tiff
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Darell, Harry, Sir (artist); Day and Son (engravers) |
| Description |
English: Taking the Island of Chusan by the British, July 5th 1840 On 21 June 1840, sixteen British ships of war, four armed steamers and twenty-eight transports carrying 4000 soldiers had assembled off Macao. A small force was left behind to blockade Canton while the rest left immediately for Zhejiang. On 5 July, the British fleet reappeared off Chusan and bombarded the island for nine minutes. This image shows the ships attacking the island as British troops preparing to land. |
| Date | 1840 |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 361 x 525 mm; Mount: 480 mm x 632 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: Actions 1840-1853. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/139133 |
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: PAG9185 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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