Shanghai harbour, 1861, crowded with shipping including sampans (continued from PAI1353)

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Shanghai harbour, 1861, crowded with shipping including sampans (continued from PAI1353)

As one of the five ‘Treaty Ports’ since 1843, Shanghai rose rapidly and became the trade centre and metropolis of China. This image shows that the busy harbour at Shanghai crowded with shipping and sampans.

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Object Details

ID:	PAI1354
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Corbett, John
Places:	Unlinked place
Date made:	1861
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	177 mm x 260 mm
Parts:	Sketchbook by Admiral Sir John Corbett, containing watercolour drawings of places in England and Far East 1858-1860 (Sketchbook) Rough sketch of a tree and cattle grazing (Drawing) (PAI1334) Noseley Hall, Leicestershire (continued from PAI1334) (Drawing) (PAI1335) Temples at Pootoo, Chusan Archipelago, June 1860 (continued from PAI1335) (Drawing) (PAI1336) Noseley Hall from the garden (continued from PAI1336) (Drawing) (PAI1337) County manor in grounds, Acton Scott, Shropshire (Drawing) (PAI1338) Downtown Castle, Herefordshire (Drawing) (PAI1339) Little Ormes Head (continued from PAI1339) (Drawing) (PAI1340) Conway Castle from Neganwy? House (Drawing) (PAI1341) View from the Ormes Head looking towards Conway Castle (continued from PAI1341) (Drawing) (PAI1342) Sketch of Llydan Lake (Drawing) (PAI1343) Sketch of Glas Lake, Snowdon (continued from PAI1343) (Drawing) (PAI1344) Sketch of Snowdon from above Capel Curig ( continued from PAI1344) (Drawing) (PAI1345) Sketch of a water mill on the River Conway, North Wales (Drawing) (PAI1346) Sketch of Gwydno Bank and River Conway (Drawing) (PAI1347) View of Talienwhan Bay with transport assembled (continued from PAI1347) (Drawing) (PAI1348) Sketch of coastal scene near Conway, North Wales (name of place unidentifiable) (Drawing) (PAI1349) Sketch of view across the houses to the mountains of Llandudno, North Wales (continued from PAI1349) (Drawing) (PAI1350) Sketch of a mansion in its own grounds in Herefordshire (name of place unidentifiable) (Drawing) (PAI1351) Tinghai Harbour, Chusan Island, China (continued from PAI1351) (Drawing) (PAI1352) Sketch of Horstead House, Norfolk (continued from PAI1352) (Drawing) (PAI1353) Shanghai harbour, 1861, crowded with shipping including sampans (continued from PAI1353) (Drawing) (PAI1354) Sketch of Norwich looking down from a hill (Drawing) (PAI1355) Sketch of Norwich Castle and Cathedral (continued from PAI1355) (Drawing) (PAI1356) Sketches of tropical plants, including banana (Drawing) (PAI1357) Sketch of the coastline at Funchall, Madeira (continued from PAI1357) (Drawing) (PAI1358) Sketch of coastline at Rio de Janeiro (continued from PAI1358) (Drawing) (PAI1359) Sketch of Rio Harbour, Rio de Janeiro (continued from PAI1359) (Drawing) (PAI1360) Sketch of scene on Chusan Island, mountains and trees, with colour notes (Drawing) (PAI1361) View of Chusan looking down on Tinghai harbour... (continued from PAI1361) (Drawing) (PAI1362) View of Chinese House on Chusan, near Tinghai (continued from PAI1362) (Drawing) (PAI1363) View of Bustard Cove, Talienwan Bay, with naval vessels an anchor (continued from PAI1363) (Drawing) (PAI1364) Slight sketch of an unidentified harbour scene continued from PAI1364) (Drawing) (PAI1365) Slight sketch of the Pei-ho Forts, China, Aug 1860 (Drawing) (PAI1366) Coastal scene near Nagasaki, China (continued from PAI1365) (Drawing) (PAI1367) Scene of shipping in Nagasaki Harbour (continued from PAI1366) (Drawing) (PAI1368) Scene of shipping in Nagasaki Harbour (continued from PAI1367 and PAI1368) (Drawing) (PAI1369) Slight sketch of coastal scene, Neddo? Bay and City (continued from PAI1368) (Drawing) (PAI1370) Rough sketch of a Japanese Junk and one of North Fort Rei-ho (inside back cover) (Drawing) (PAI1371)