Operations in Canton River. 11. The Return to Hong Kong. The Vulture passing the Battery upon Tygris Island

When Ch’i-ying promised that the Canton city gates would be opened for two more years, the British fleet returned to Hong Kong. This image shows the fleet passing the Weiyuan Battery along the Bocca Tigris.

Object Details

ID: PAG9157
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Day & Son
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Lorcha type; Vulture (1843)
Date made: 1843; Apr 1847
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 364 x 549 mm
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