The Custom House - Shanghai - 13th Septr 1875

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The Custom House - Shanghai - 13th Septr 1875

The Chinese Custom House was effectively established by foreign consuls in Shanghai in 1854 to collect maritime trade taxes that went unpaid during the Taiping Rebellion. It was a red-walled house, erected on the site of a former temple along the celebrated Bund (embanked quayside ) of Shanghai.

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Object Details

ID:	PAG4391
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Fraser, John
Places:	Shanghai
Date made:	Sep 1875
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 118 x 182 mm
Parts:	John Fraser Sketchbooks: Britain. 1875-77. Volume 11 (Sketchbook) Seven small sketches of sailing vessels (Drawing) (PAG4373) Page of small sketches including figures, sailing vessels, beach huts, a horse and two heads (Drawing) (PAG4374) Page of sketches including various heads, bust of a man and two sailing vessels (Drawing) (PAG4375) Page of seven detailed drawings of sailing vessels and a paddle steamer inscribed ' Folkelin' (Drawing) (PAG4376) Page of sketches including a vessel in full sail, a windmill, buildings and various heads (Drawing) (PAG4377) Five drawings of sailing vessels, a Mandarin Junk and a Sampan (Drawing) (PAG4378) Four drawings of sailing vessels and thirteen studies of a variety of heads (Drawing) (PAG4379) Sketches of sailing vessels and a vessel stern inscribed 'Knowsley Hall L'pool' (Drawing) (PAG4380) Rough sketches of vessels, detail of a mast and part of an interior with lamp (Drawing) (PAG4381) Two drawings of buildings and seven sketches of heads (Drawing) (PAG4382) Rough graphite sketches of country buildings and watercolour drawings of a barn and a country cottage (Drawing) (PAG4383) Farm near Walthamstow and a white house in a landscape (Drawing) (PAG4384) Two drawings of details of churches, one inscribed 'The North Porch, Chingford' (Drawing) (PAG4385) Sketch of a house by a river with a bridge and detailed drawing of an inn inscribed 'The Cock Tavern - Nr Wood Green' (Drawing) (PAG4386) Drawing of the Village Blacksmith after BF, drawing of a horse and rider and other sketches (Drawing) (PAG4387) Two studies of men's heads, one detailed with a beard (Drawing) (PAG4388) A Shanghai junk - (from a sketch Augt 1875) (Drawing) (PAG4389) A Cantonese junk from a sketch Augt 1875 (Drawing) (PAG4390) The Custom House - Shanghai - 13th Septr 1875 (Drawing) (PAG4391) Seascape with sailing vessels near the shore (Drawing) (PAG4392) Seascape with spritsail barge inscribed ' moonlight' (Drawing) (PAG4393) Tropical bay with palm trees and sailing vessel offshore (Drawing) (PAG4394) Seascape with waves breaking on a rock-lined shore with storm clouds (Drawing) (PAG4395) View of a tudor cottage with tower in the background (Drawing) (PAG4396) Slight sketch of a vessel with a lugsail, with small sketches of male heads (Drawing) (PAG4397) Page of sketches including a reclining woman reading, a horse's head and small sailing vessels (Drawing) (PAG4398)