Printed Ephemera — 1844
Description of A View of the Island and Bay of Hong Kong
Description and illustrated plan of the panoramic view of the island and bay of Hong Kong as exhibited at the Panorama, Leicester Square in 1844. It includes a 12-page written description of the exhibit and a folded illustrated plan with a numbered key. The exhibit that this guide promotes was a huge 360° painting displayed inside a purpose-built rotunda. At this time Hong Kong was leased to Britain by China following the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. The accompanying description emphasises Britain's new trading advantage: 'Its importance as a rendezvous for the mercantile community must be evident to every person, as it gives to our merchants an entire independence of the Chinese, as well as the Portuguese authorities, to whom they were in a great measure subject when residing at Canton and Macao.'
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 67.35/44
- Object name:
- Description of A View of the Island and Bay of Hong Kong
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- J. Mitchell and Co. (Late Brettell)
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- Production date:
- 1844
- Material:
paper, ink, textile
- Measurements/duration:
- H 216 mm, W 136 mm (closed), H 288 mm, W 568 mm (open), H 213 mm, W 135 mm (book)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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