The Waterfront at Canton, showing the Danish, Philippine Company, French, American, Swedish, British and Dutch Factories

The view is datable to 1800 or shortly thereafter, with the inclusion of the 1800 Union Jack and the French Flag to the left, the latter removed in 1803 and not hoisted again until December 1832. For a similar view see C.L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, Woodbridge, 1991, p. 425, no. 6.