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The Treaty of Nanking
The signing of the Treaty of Nanking, [circa 1842]
engraved plate, unsigned
image: 12 x 31½ins. (30.5 x 80cms.)
Sir Henry Pottinger (1789-1856) was appointed envoy and plenipotentiary in China and superintendent of British Trade: "a preliminary treaty had been drawn up in January 1841, but it was subsequently disavowed by both the Chinese and English governments. Palmerston directed Pottinger to replace this treaty by a satisfactory compact, which should open China to British trade.... [After various successes] On 13 June 1842 he, with Parker, entered the Yangtze-Kiang river with the object of taking Nanking... an assault on that city was imminent in July, when Pottinger announced that the Chinese were ready to treat for peace on a satisfactory basis... Eventually peace was signed on 29 Aug. 1842 on board H.M.S. Cornwallis before Nanking. By this treaty - known as the treaty of Nanking - Hongkong was ceded to England, and the five ports Canton, Amoy, Foochow-Foo, Ningpo, and Shanghai were opened to English traders, and were to receive English consuls. In consideration of his exertions Pottinger was made G.C.B... and on 5 April 1843 was appointed the first British governor of Hongkong": DNB.;together with the official government report with the text of the Treaty. (2)
The signing of the Treaty of Nanking, [circa 1842]
engraved plate, unsigned
image: 12 x 31½ins. (30.5 x 80cms.)
Sir Henry Pottinger (1789-1856) was appointed envoy and plenipotentiary in China and superintendent of British Trade: "a preliminary treaty had been drawn up in January 1841, but it was subsequently disavowed by both the Chinese and English governments. Palmerston directed Pottinger to replace this treaty by a satisfactory compact, which should open China to British trade.... [After various successes] On 13 June 1842 he, with Parker, entered the Yangtze-Kiang river with the object of taking Nanking... an assault on that city was imminent in July, when Pottinger announced that the Chinese were ready to treat for peace on a satisfactory basis... Eventually peace was signed on 29 Aug. 1842 on board H.M.S. Cornwallis before Nanking. By this treaty - known as the treaty of Nanking - Hongkong was ceded to England, and the five ports Canton, Amoy, Foochow-Foo, Ningpo, and Shanghai were opened to English traders, and were to receive English consuls. In consideration of his exertions Pottinger was made G.C.B... and on 5 April 1843 was appointed the first British governor of Hongkong": DNB.;together with the official government report with the text of the Treaty. (2)