L'illustration, 1856–1861

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










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Bombing of Canton / Map of Canton bombardment by English vessels

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Mooring of the French division at Boca Tigris / View of Macao.

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THE RUE DES FACTORIES IN CANTON

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BARON GROS VISITING HAI-KUANG PAGODA FOR THE TREATY SIGNATURE

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PRELIMINARIES TO THE MEETING / SIGNING OF THE TREATY

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English expedition in the Yang-Tze-Kiang. / PASSAGE OF THE TWO PILLARS

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SURPRISE, BY THE CHINESE, ON THE PEI-HO RIVER, OF THE ALLIED FLEET

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DIVISION GENERAL - Cousin Montauban, Commander-in-Chief of the Land and Sea Forces of the China Expedition

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TO SAINTE-CROIX DE TÉNÉRIFFE WITH A CONVOY INTENDED FOR THE CHINA EXPEDITION / RECEPTION OF OFFICERS

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BOARDING AT TOULON, ON TRANSPORT, THE WESER, DISASSEMBLED CANNONS

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SINKING OF THE MALABAR IN THE HARBOR OF POINTE DE GALLE (CEYLON) / LORD ELGIN AND BARON GROS LEAVING CEYLON

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Entry of the Allied troops into Peking by the Tchao-yant gate, October 22, 1860

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Pavilion in the Yuanmingyuan garden / Occupation of the Yuanmingyuan palace by French troops

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Theater du Cirque-Imperial: The Capture of Peking, act 3.

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


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