File:The Opium ships at Lintin in China, 1824 from a painting in the possesion of John Gover Esqre - RMG PZ0240.tiff
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| Author |
Edward Duncan; William John Huggins |
| Description |
English: The Opium ships at Lintin in China, 1824 from a painting in the possesion of John Gover Esqre... In the early 19th century, vast quantities of Opium were carried away on ‘scrambling dragons’ (p’a-lung) or ‘ast crabs’( k’uai-hsieh) at Lintin, outside the Bocca Tigris. The ships were typically armed to the teeth, crewed by fierce Tanka riverman. This image shows the Opium ships at Lintin. |
| Date | 1838 |
| Medium | Aquatint |
| Dimensions | Mount: 465 mm x 653 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: Seaports D64-D76. China. Coasts of Africa.; This item will need to be checked for object numbers. In the gallery, the title just reads: 'Opium ships at Lintin'. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/150180 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | Times Gazetteer Grid Reference Number, Prints & Drawings: D 64 L91 Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 237 Unidentified Prints & Drawings Number: 2520 id number: PAI0240 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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