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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAG9157 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| 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 |