The band of the 44th playing in the camp of Chim-sa-Tsoy Tsim Sha Tsui , China. caption title

by Hong-Kong - Second Opium War

A$250 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

London. The Illustrated London News. June 23 1860. Stock ID #178252 Black and white full-page engraving on a newspaper leaf, 28 x 40 cm, related text on the verso, one small marginal edge-tear, upper corner creased but the image in very good condition. Fine engraving of the combined Expeditionary Force at its encampment at Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, nearing the culmination of the Second Opium War.The descriptive text notes

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