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Description: Chinese gun in the Taku forts, mouth of the Peiho river, North China. Attacked unsuccessfully 25th June 1859 Taken from an album of sixty-five works on paper documenting Masters' 1857-1861 expedition from England to Southeast Asia with the Royal Marines, on board HMS Chesapeake. Lot number: /27097/lot/5/
Title: Chinese gun in the Taku forts
Credit: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27097/lot/5/
Author: Lt. Col. William Godfrey Rayson Masters R.M.
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