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Summary
Shipping in the Pearl River off Honam Island, Canton
This painting relates to the British presence in China. It is one of a pair (see BHC1785), but possibly by different though very similar hands. It is view of Henan or Honam, the island across the river from Canton as viewed from the European factories. The other painting looks the other way and shows the Canton waterfront.
In 1842 the Opium War between Britain and China ended with the signing of the Treaty of Nanking. This effectively opened up the five main Chinese ports of Canton, Amoy, Ningpo, Shanghai and Foochow to European traders, who needed considerable naval protection from the persistent depredations of Chinese pirates. This is a view across the Pearl River at Canton in southern China towards the European 'factories' or trading posts, which the European merchants were not allowed to leave. Canton was the centre of China's tea trade with Europe and by 1794 Britain was buying four million kilograms of tea each year, in a trade strictly controlled by China.
Shipping in the Pearl River off Honam Island, Canton
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