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TAIPING REBELLION – A series of paintings by an unidentified artist depicting British naval battles with Chinese Taiping Rebels., Zhenjiang, China, c.1853.
Ten watercolor paintings on paper, c.100 x 140 - c.209 x 317mm (each mounted to cardstock).
British Warships attack Taiping-held villages and junks on the Yangtze River – a series of contemporary watercolors depicting the event in dramatic detail. A dramatic visual record of the joint-Chinese Imperial and British naval actions against Taiping rebels who had seized control of this strategic Yangtze River city only two months before. Seven of the ten paintings bear captions, including “Interview of Lieut. Spratt and self, with Li. Mandarin, in command of the Imperial Fleet blockading Chin-Kiang-fou July 5th / 53.”; “Engaging Stockades at the entrance of the Grand Canal.”; “Fleet of Chinese junks in action.”; “H.M.S. Hermes fighting pirates.”; “Firing junks at night at a pirate village.”; “H.M.S. Hermes forcing passage of the Yangtse River, fired on by junks and forts.”; “Silver Island, Yang-tse-Kiang.”
Ten watercolor paintings on paper, c.100 x 140 - c.209 x 317mm (each mounted to cardstock).
British Warships attack Taiping-held villages and junks on the Yangtze River – a series of contemporary watercolors depicting the event in dramatic detail. A dramatic visual record of the joint-Chinese Imperial and British naval actions against Taiping rebels who had seized control of this strategic Yangtze River city only two months before. Seven of the ten paintings bear captions, including “Interview of Lieut. Spratt and self, with Li. Mandarin, in command of the Imperial Fleet blockading Chin-Kiang-fou July 5th / 53.”; “Engaging Stockades at the entrance of the Grand Canal.”; “Fleet of Chinese junks in action.”; “H.M.S. Hermes fighting pirates.”; “Firing junks at night at a pirate village.”; “H.M.S. Hermes forcing passage of the Yangtse River, fired on by junks and forts.”; “Silver Island, Yang-tse-Kiang.”