CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

MACAO PASSAGE ON THE PEARL RIVER

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CHINESE SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Macao Passage on the Pearl River
watercolour and gouache
8 x 11.1/8in. (21.6 x 28.3cm.)

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About three miles south of Canton a junk filled with figures sails by an island with a customs house, at the left is visible the Dahuangjiao Fort or 'Yellow Pagoda Fort', captured by 160 British troops at one point during the Opium Wars.

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