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Canton (Guangzhou): the Hongs or Factories

(c. 1840 China)

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Canton (Guangzhou): the Hongs or Factories

Artist(s): CHINA TRADE (19th Century )
Medium: Pen and ink and grey wash
Dimensions: 21.50inch wide   13.50inch high (54.61 cm wide  34.29 cm high)
Description:

A detailed view of the ‘Factories’ or ‘hongs’, drawn and washed in monochrome by a Chinese artist in the style of a Western copper engraving. The view can be dated between December 1832 – when the French tricolour returned to the waterfront after a long absence – and 1839, when the space in front of the ‘hongs’ was enclosed. In May 1841 the three eastern ‘hongs’ were destroyed, to be rebuilt shortly afterwards in a different style.