Commissioner Yeh.
From a Sketch by Lieut.t Shearman, G. Bird. R.E.
Lithographed by Parish. Artist &.c Colchester.
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 175 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Marking and some staining.
A slightly satirical portrait of Commissioner Yeh (1807-1859), a Canton official who fought British influence in the aftermath of the First Opium War and who was involved in the beginning of the Second. Yeh was often characterised as the embodiment of Chinese xenophobia. Yeh died as a Prisoner of War in Calcutta.
[Ref: 42615] £260.00
Lithographed by Parish. Artist &.c Colchester.
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 175 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Marking and some staining.
A slightly satirical portrait of Commissioner Yeh (1807-1859), a Canton official who fought British influence in the aftermath of the First Opium War and who was involved in the beginning of the Second. Yeh was often characterised as the embodiment of Chinese xenophobia. Yeh died as a Prisoner of War in Calcutta.
[Ref: 42615] £260.00