Record of historical events
Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
CORPORAL WOTHERSPOON
The Screen Wall facing the front of the Temple occupied by the 70th Bengal Native Infantry in the aftermath of the Battle of Canton
1858Salted paper print | 20.5 x 26.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2935001
Photograph of the screen wall facing the front of the temple occupied by the 70th Bengal Native Infantry in the aftermath of the Battle of Canton. The long screen depicts three Chinese dragons. There are Chinese characters written to the left. There is heavy ornamentation on the top of the wall and debris including piles of wood on the ground below.
This is one of a series of photographs taken in the aftermath of the Battle of Canton. British and French soldiers captured the city of Canton at the start of January 1858 with relative ease. This victory was a contributing factor in the Chinese signing the Treaty of Tientsin, ending the Second Opium War.
This is one of a series of photographs taken in the aftermath of the Battle of Canton. British and French soldiers captured the city of Canton at the start of January 1858 with relative ease. This victory was a contributing factor in the Chinese signing the Treaty of Tientsin, ending the Second Opium War.
Creator(s)
Corporal Wotherspoon (photographer)
20.5 x 26.9 cm (image)
33.3 x 38.2 cm (mount)
Received by the Royal Librarian John H Glover at Windsor Castle, October 1858
Subject(s)
- Places
- Asia
- China
- Guangzhou [China]
- China
- Asia
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Second Opium War (1856-1860)
- Battle of Canton (1857-58)
- Second Opium War (1856-1860)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mythical creatures
- Dragons
- Chinese Dragons
- Dragons
- Mythical creatures
- Animals
- Zoology
- Places
