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ANONYMOUS, CANTON SCHOOL
Nemesis and Ships on Boca Tigris Forts, circa 1841
Oil on canvas, on a stretcher, framed and glazed.
17 x 20in (43.1 x 50.8cm)
US$15,000 - 20,000
佚名 虎門砲台前的復仇女神號 布面油畫 鏡框 約一八四一年作
This is a north-west view into the Bocca Tigris (Humen), the entrance
to the Pearl River leading to Canton. The straits of Bocca Tigris are
about thirty miles south of Whampoa. On either side are the fortified
islands of North and South Wantong (left) and Annunghoi (right), with
one Western ship homeward bound.
Nemesis was a British warship that launched in 1839 and used in the
First Opium War. The ship is seen in the foreground with the British
flag. On January 7th, 1841 Nemesis attacked the Bocca Tigris forts,
against the Chinese fleet.
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