“The Second Opium War” Image Gallery

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“The Second Opium War”  |  Illustrated London News, 1857–1861  |  L'illustration, 1856–1861










1840_Palmerston_cupid

1840_Palmerston_cupid
1850_bhc_Chinese-War-Junk

1850_bhc_Chinese-War-Junk
1856_60_2ndOpWar_Britannica

1856_60_2ndOpWar_Britannica
1856_Canton-attack_nmm

1856_Canton-attack_nmm
1857_12-28_conquest-canton

1857_12-28_conquest-canton
1857_2nd-Opium-War_nmm

1857_2nd-Opium-War_nmm
1857_Dighton_Probyn_Punjab

1857_Dighton_Probyn_Punjab
1858_02-07-monde-illustre

1858_02-07-monde-illustre
1858_05-20-Pei-ho_nmm

1858_05-20-Pei-ho_nmm
1858_Canton_capture_Yeh

1858_Canton_capture_Yeh
1860_Chine_prise_residence

1860_Chine_prise_residence
1860_Victims_LtColCrealock

1860_Victims_LtColCrealock
1860_stewart_North-Fort

1860_stewart_North-Fort
1862_Crealock_Hope-Grant

1862_Crealock_Hope-Grant
1865_Cobden-by-Brady_WP

1865_Cobden-by-Brady_WP
1873_ohlmer_EuPav_ChMM

1873_ohlmer_EuPav_ChMM
Beato_03-18-a-arrival-exp

Beato_03-18-a-arrival-exp
Beato_04-01-a-2nd-Belooch

Beato_04-01-a-2nd-Belooch
Beato_04-01-a-east-st

Beato_04-01-a-east-st
Beato_04-01-b-Officers-99

Beato_04-01-b-Officers-99
Beato_04-01-c-hope-grant

Beato_04-01-c-hope-grant
Beato_07-02-a-Pehtang

Beato_07-02-a-Pehtang
Beato_08-01-a-Pehtang

Beato_08-01-a-Pehtang
Beato_08-10_Tangkoo-Fort

Beato_08-10_Tangkoo-Fort
Beato_08-21-a-North Fort

Beato_08-21-a-North Fort
Beato_08-21-a-Taku-corpses

Beato_08-21-a-Taku-corpses
Beato_08-21-b-North-Fort

Beato_08-21-b-North-Fort
Beato_08-21-b-Taku_corpses

Beato_08-21-b-Taku_corpses
Beato_08-21-c-Taku_corpses

Beato_08-21-c-Taku_corpses
Beato_08-22-a-South-Taku

Beato_08-22-a-South-Taku
Beato_08-22-a-Taku_North

Beato_08-22-a-Taku_North
Beato_10-06-a-before-burn

Beato_10-06-a-before-burn
Beato_10-21­a-guns-Beijing

Beato_10-21­a-guns-Beijing
Beato_10-24-a-south-gate

Beato_10-24-a-south-gate
Crystal_Palace_gen_view

Crystal_Palace_gen_view
Daumier_1858-12-17

Daumier_1858-12-17
Daumier_1858-12-29

Daumier_1858-12-29
Daumier_1859-01-17

Daumier_1859-01-17
Daumier_1859-01-22

Daumier_1859-01-22
Daumier_1859-01-24

Daumier_1859-01-24
Daumier_1859-10-04

Daumier_1859-10-04
Monster_Kaigai-Shinwa

Monster_Kaigai-Shinwa
Palmerston-by-Pellegrini

Palmerston-by-Pellegrini
interrogatoire-Chapdelaine

interrogatoire-Chapdelaine
punch_1857-03-07-Dah-Bee

punch_1857-03-07-Dah-Bee
punch_1857_04-18-p154_yeh

punch_1857_04-18-p154_yeh
punch_1857_05-09_friends

punch_1857_05-09_friends
punch_1857_05-09_lesson

punch_1857_05-09_lesson
punch_1857_11-27-new-force

punch_1857_11-27-new-force
punch_1857_12-31-p42_yale

punch_1857_12-31-p42_yale
punch_1860_12-22_yale

punch_1860_12-22_yale
wirgman_1860-03_sentry

wirgman_1860-03_sentry
wirgman_1860-04_cavalry

wirgman_1860-04_cavalry
wirgman_1860-05_soldier

wirgman_1860-05_soldier
wirgman_1860-06_peking

wirgman_1860-06_peking
wirgman_1860-07_cavalry

wirgman_1860-07_cavalry
wirgman_1860-08-12_taku

wirgman_1860-08-12_taku
wirgman_1860-09-18_ho-ko

wirgman_1860-09-18_ho-ko
yeh_ca1856_canton-artist

yeh_ca1856_canton-artist
ymy1001_Zhengda_detail-31

ymy1001_Zhengda_detail-31










From “The Second Opium War” by Peter C. Perdue & Ellen Sebring





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