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280 Second Opium War Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures

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view of the british bombardment of the treaty port of canton during the second opium war, canton, china, 1850s. - second opium war stock illustrations

View of the British bombardment of the treaty port of Canton during the Second Opium War, Canton, China, 1850s.

Chinese officials pulling down British flag on ship the Arrow. On 8 October 1856, Qing officials boared Hong Kong - registered Arrow and arrested...

Second Opium War: Chinese officials pull

British artillery at Pehtang Fort, one of the Taku Forts, after its capture during the Second Opium War.

British At Fort

Illustration depicting the signing of the Treaty of Tientsin. Dated 19th Century

Illustration depicting the signing of the Treaty of Tientsin

Second opium War between the British Empire and the Second French Empire against Qing Dynasty of China. Landing of the allied troops of France and...

Second opium War.

Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion attack on the bridge Pa-Li-Chian eight miles from Peking during the Second Opium War.

Plan of the City of Canton, 1857. Map showing the 'city wall, pagoda, foreign factories, Choo Keang or Pearl River, old city, foundling hospital,...

Plan Of The City Of Canton

old engraved illustration of the battle of canton, fought by british and french forces against qing china on 28–31 december 1857 during the second opium war - second opium war stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Old engraved illustration of the Battle of Canton, fought by British and French forces against Qing China on 28–31 December 1857 during the Second Opium War

Engraving depicting the French attack on the Bridge Pa-Li-Chian, China. Dated 1860.

The French attack on the Bridge Pa-Li-Chian.

Naval ships both steam and sail joining the China Squadron during the Second Opium War. The ships are the Furious, Nonpareil, Transit, Retribution,...

Anglo-French troops after landing in Canton, December 1857-January 1858, engraving. Second Opium War, China, 19th century.

Anglo-French troops after landing in Canton

battle at sai-lau creek, canton river, china, second opium war, lieutenant bedford pim fending off attacking chinese soldiers - second opium war stock illustrations

Battle at Sai-Lau Creek, Canton River, China, Second Opium War, Lieutenant Bedford Pim fending off attacking Chinese soldiers

allied troops enter peking/beijing in 1856 during the second opium war - 19th century - second opium war stock illustrations

Allied Troops Enter Peking/Beijing in 1856 During the Second Opium War - 19th Century

the fallen palace - second opium war stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

The Fallen Palace

Tientsin', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin,...

Lord Elgin', circa 1880. James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine , British colonial administrator and diplomat. Episode of the...

Tartar Soldiers, 1860', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter...

Tartar Soldiers

Capture of the Peiho Forts', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell...

Capture Of The Peiho Forts

Chinese Dealers in the Camp of the Allies', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James...

Chinese Dealers In The Camp Of The Allies

Sir Hope Grant', circa 1880. Sir James Hope Grant , British Army officer. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea,...

Looting the Emperor's Palace', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell...

Looting The Emperors Palace C

The Emperor's Palace, Pekin', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell...

The Emperors Palace

Storming the Takoo Forts', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell...

Storming The Takoo Forts

Fort on the Peiho River', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell...

Fort On The Peiho River

Western Gate, Pekin', circa 1880. Episode of the Second Opium War . From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter &...

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

View of the remainings in the Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, in Beijing, China Sunday, May 06, 2018. Regarded as the...

Old Summer Palace In Beijing, China

Grant street. The Chinese community counts over 200,000 representatives in San Francisco. The city's Chinatown is the second greatest in the United...

CHINATOWN A SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIE, USA

Demolition of the burned houses in Canton, China, Second Opium War, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume XXXIII,...

Demolition of the burned houses in Canton

Riots in Canton occupied by the Anglo-French troops, China, Second Opium War, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume...

Riots in Canton occupied by Anglo-French troops

The Palikao bridge on the evening of the battle second Opium War, China, drawing by Emile Bayard from a sketch by E Vaumort , from Il Giro del mondo...

The Palikao bridge on the evening of the battle

Sir Garnet Wolseley, seeing where the damage had been done, jumped down and attempted to repair the bridge; the assault on the Taku Forts, China,...

Sir Garnet Wolseley, Taku Forts, China

Episode of the war in China, Second Opium War, drawing by Gustave Dore , illustration from Le Musee Francais, n 41, May 1858.

Episode of the war in China, Second Opium War

Charles George Gordon . British Army officer and administrator. Portrait. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1884.

Charles George Gordon.

Chinese officers hauling down the British flag on board The Arrow at the outbreak of the Second Opium War, 1856. From The Century Edition of...

Chinese officers hauling down the British flag on board The Arrow at the outbreak of the Second Opium War, 1856

Photograph of North Taku Fort during the Second Opium War 1856-1860, by Felice Beato . One of the first war photographers, Venetian-born Beato worked...

Interior of the Angle N: Fort immediately after its capture, China, 21 August 1860.

Photograph of a group of irregular cavalry known as 'Fane's Horse', taken by Felice Beato in about 1860. Included in the group are two European...

�Fanes Horse, c 1860.

�Second attack of Sir Colin Campbell in March 1858, The Begum Kotie�. A photograph of The Begum Kotee, Lucknow, India, taken by Felice Beato. During...

The Begum Kotie, 1858.

Photograph of the fortifications of Peking , taken by Felice Beato , during the Second Opium War. In October 1860 a combined Anglo-French...

Fortifications of Beijing, 21 October 1860.

Photograph of Lord Elgin , taken by Felice Beato. Elgin was the son of the Earl of Elgin who collected the world famous Elgin marbles, a group of...

Lord Elgin, 1860.

Photograph of General Sir James Hope Grant, taken by Felice Beato in 1860. Grant was commander of the British expeditionary force to China during the...

Lt General Sir Hope Grant GCD, 1860.

Photograph of a fort on the Peiho River �showing the English and French entrance�, taken by Felice Beato during the Second Opium War . In October...

Exterior of North fort on Peiho River...�, China, 21 August 1860.

Photograph of Prince Kung taken by Felice Beato after the Second Opium War . In October 1856, Chinese police boarded the British ship Arrow and...

�Prince Kung, Brother of the Emperor of China, signer of the treaty�, 1860.

Canton, May 1858. Sale of English goods. Canton bombarded by French and English, Jan. 1858. Trade opened up again. Treaty of peace and free trade...

Canton, May 1858

Second Opium War. Lord Elgin , left, signing the Treaty of Tainjin which brought to a formal end the Second Opium War between Britain and China, 16...

Second Opium War. Treaty of Tainjin

Second Opium War - 1856-58. Chinese depiction of the engagement between the British and Chinese at Fatsham Creek on Canton river. British wood...

Second Opium War - 1856-58

Second Opium War. Lord Elgin , left, signing the Treaty of Tainjin which brought to a formal end the Second Opium War between Britain and China, 16...

Second Opium War. Treaty of Tainjin

Canton, May 1858. Sale of English goods. Canton bombarded by French and English, Jan. 1858. Trade opened up again. Treaty of peace and free trade...

Canton, May 1858

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