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Fort flying union jack with a tower inscribed ' Macao Fort - Canton River. English advanced? post 1857'

PAG3578

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Collection	Fine art, Prints, drawings and watercolours, After the War. Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports, Opium Wars
Gallery location	Not on display

Object details:

Object ID	PAG3578
Description	This drawing came from an album of images of Canton made in 1857 and 1858 by Harry Edmund Edgell (1809-1876). Edgell entered the Royal Naval College in May 1821. On 13 August 1855, he became Captain of the Tribune and joined the second Opium War. This image shows the Macao Fort, situated about 10 miles from the anchorage of Whampoa, up a narrow and intricate channel. This was the last remaining fort protecting the approaches to the city of Canton and was a strong island position with 86 guns. On 4 January 1857, Macao Fort was attacked and occupied by the British.
Date made	1857

Artist/Maker	Edgell, Harry Edmund
Credit	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Materials	watercolour
Measurements	Sheet: 146 x 263 mm
Parts	H. Edgell Album. Sketches in the Black Sea, Pacific - China - India, 1855-60. HMS Tribune HMS Chesapeake HMS Retribution. Volume 2 (PAG3512) Careening Bay, Sevastopol 1855 showing burnt ships and Fort St Nicholas (PAG3513) The Cemetary, Sevastopol Sept 1855 (PAG3514) Drawing of a gun emplacement inscribed 'Gun enfilading the ditch of the Redan' (PAG3515) Drawing of ruins inscribed 'Inside Sevastopol Septr 1855' (PAG3516) Drawing of burning town inscribed Tribune off Sevastopol 30th Sept 1855', showing Fort St Nicholas, Fort Alexander and (illegible) (PAG3517) Drawing of ruined buildings inscribed 'Inside Sevastopol' (PAG3518) Drawing of gun emplacement inscribed 'Mantelets at the Gt Redan Septr 1855' (PAG3519) British Army encampment with a fleet off shore inscribed ' Landing at Kinburn October 1855' showing HMS Tribune and the British fleet (PAG3520) Gun emplacement inscribed ' Kinburn 18 October 1855' and ' Spit Fort engaged by HMS Tribune Curacao & Terrible ' (PAG3521) Burning of Fort Kinburn October 17th 1855, showing position of HMS Tribune (PAG3522) Fortress of Otchahoff and forts blowing up (PAG3523) The Cemetry, Kinburn, 1855. HMS Tribune cutting through the ice on the Dnieper (PAG3524) Stanislaus on the Dnieper, Kinburn and Lord Lyons recuperating 1855 (PAG3525) The Fleet off Cape Feolant-Balaklava 1855 (PAG3526) Drawing of damaged guns, inscribed inside Fort Kinburn Octr 1855' (PAG3527) Snowy river scene inscribed ' Eupatoria October 1855' and ' Wreck of the Henri Quatre (PAG3528) The Sulina mouth of the Danube 1855 (PAG3529) Man rowing a caique with Seraglis Point in background (PAG3530) The Dardanelles, with the towns of Sestos and Abydos in the distance (PAG3531) Therapia on the Bosphorus and Mount Olympus (PAG3532) The Anchorage Besika Bay and Mount Ida (PAG3533) Dardanelles showing ' Castles of Europe' and ' Castles of Asia' and ' Mount Olympus' (PAG3534) Seaport inscribed ' Cagliari, Sardinia 1856' (PAG3535) Straits of Gibraltar inscribed ' Europa Point, Gibraltar' and ' Apes Hill - Africa' (PAG3536) View of Gibraltar showing HMS Tribune (PAG3537) Lighthouse, Cagliari, Sardinia (PAG3538) Coastal view inscribed 'The Rock of Lisbon 1856' (PAG3539) Coastal view with town and lighthouse at Tarifa (PAG3540) Coastal view of the Lizard Light, Cornwall (PAG3541) View of St Paul's Bay, Malta (PAG3542) Drawing in shape of partly unrolled map of Pacific basin with course of voyage marked and title (PAG3543) View of Madeira showing HMS Tribune 1856 (PAG3544) View of Rio de Janiero - Brazil 1856 showing HMS Tribune at anchor (PAG3545) Icebergs off Cape Horn 1856 and showing HMS Tribune (PAG3546) HMS Tribune off Mount Sacramento 7000 ft high Magellan Straits S. America (PAG3547) Cape Froward M Straits showing the Andes and HMS Tribune (PAG3548) Glaciers in Magellan Straits (PAG3549) Landscape view inscribed ' Magellan Straits' (PAG3550) Indian Graves, Patagonia (PAG3551) Landscape drawing with fishing birds in the Magellan Straits (PAG3552) Landscape drawing of Port Gallant, Magellans Straits showing the Cross with ships names on and a native canoe (PAG3553) Seascape of Mount Groves, Magellan Straits (PAG3554) Punta Avena, Magellan Straits (PAG3555) Mountainous coast inscribed ' Peaks of the Andes M Straits' (PAG3556) Cape Pilar - South Entrance to Magellans Straits (PAG3557) View of Valparaiso, Chile (PAG3558) View of Santiago, Chile, 1857 showing the Andes (PAG3559) Precipitous track and bridge, inscribed 'The American coach crossing the Cuesta Sapata to Santiago 1857' (PAG3560) Precipitous track with hairpin bends, inscribed 'The Cuesta da Prado Santiago 1857' (PAG3561) Island of the Chinchas, Peru, with many vessels nearby (PAG3562) One of two drawings inscribed ' Loading Guano at the Chinchas' (PAG3563) One of two drawings inscribed ' Loading Guano at the Chinchas' (PAG3564) Drawing of vessels at sea with rocky cliffs in the background inscribed ' Loading Guano at the North Chincha 1857' (PAG3565) Rocks at sea with two vessels inscribed ' seal shooting' (PAG3566) Line of rocks at sea with vessels in the background inscribed 'Rocks near the Chincha Isles' (PAG3567) Tree-lined public avenue with figures leading to a church with snow capped mountain in the background inscribed 'The Pasio Santiego' (PAG3568) Sea attack on a coastal town inscribed 'HMS Tribune, Amazona, Arica - Peru - attacked by the Revolutionary squadron of General Vivanco - 25 Nov 1857' (PAG3569) Coastal view with fleet of vessels and mountains in the background inscribed: ' Callao and Lima' (PAG3570) Snow capped mountains with sea in the foreground inscribed 'The Andes and Arica 1857' (PAG3571) Road with figures and trees, and town in the background inscribed ' Lima from the Rumac? 1857 (PAG3572) Mountainous coastline with vessels inscribed 'HMS Tribune Honolulu Sandwich Islands 1857' (PAG3573) Very steep mountain path with figures inscribed 'The Pahi? Honolulu (PAG3574) High cliffs with waterfalls and sea with small boat in the foreground inscribed ' Manatoe' (PAG3575) View of a mountainous island inscribed 'Owhyhee [Hawaii] Sandwich Islands (PAG3576) View of a coastal city with tree and figures in the foreground inscribed ' Hongkong' (PAG3577) Fort flying union jack with a tower inscribed ' Macao Fort - Canton River. English advanced? post 1857' (PAG3578) Rocky coast and an island with fishing nets and a figure on the beach inscribed ' Lintin Canton River' (PAG3579) Four figures in a cove beaching a boat inscribed 'On the Canton River 1858 (PAG3580) HMS Tribune's galley 'Feeling the way off Chuenpee Canton River 1858' (PAG3581) Islands in the sea with Chinese vessels inscribed ' Tiger Island from Chuenpee' (PAG3582) Vessels in a river with land around inscribed ' Cutting the junk masts sunk off Fort Chuenpee Tribune 1858 (PAG3583) Chinese town with small vessels and mountains beyond inscribed 'A bit of Canton, L E Angle HMS Bittern 1858 (PAG3584) Wall with tree and figures in foreground inscribed 'The Lookout Dutch Folly Canton 1858' (PAG3585) Macao Fort Canton River 1858 with a raft in the foreground (PAG3586) Pagoda on the Great West River (PAG3587) View of Canton, China a town on a river (PAG3588) Pagoda on an island in the Great West river with mountains beyond (PAG3589) Pagoda - Whampoa - Canton (PAG3590) British boats in action with Chinese junks, Edgell Island Great West River 1857 (PAG3591) Illustrated map of the track of the Retribution (PAG3592) Hill with tree and figures overlooking a town with sea in the background inscribed ' Sincapore (sic) Straits of Malacca (PAG3593) Peolo Brainha Lighthouse Straits of Singapore (PAG3594) Wreck of HMS Transit St of Sunda (PAG3595) Coastal town with mountains in the background inscribed ' Fort of Tannah?- 1860 Bombay pt' (PAG3596) Hill with figures overlooking water at Penang (PAG3597) Dockyard at Trincomalee, Ceylon from the Admiralty House (PAG3598) Sea view with rocks inscribed 'The Great Basses Rocks off Elephant Hill Ceylon' (PAG3599) Moonlight scene of Lighthouse and Fort on Point de Galle Ceylon (PAG3600) Landscape with trees and rocks, inscribed 'Near the Cinnamon Garden Pt de Galle' (PAG3601) Wreck of a vessel in Backbay, Bombay (PAG3602) Sea with rocky coast beyond inscribed ' Gorge on the coast of Arabia marking the end of the Red Sea telegraphic cable 1860' (PAG3603) Island of Perim Entrance of the Red Sea and Straits of Bab-el-Mandel 1859' (PAG3604) Citadel at Telegraph Bay, Aden, Red Sea (PAG3605) Bridge over a gorge with figures in the foreground inscribed ' entrance to Aden Red Sea' (PAG3606) Arabian dressed figures in a rowing boat with town of Djeddah on the Red Sea in background (PAG3607) Coastal view with sailing vessels inscribed 'The watering place opposite Aden Coast of Arabia HMS Chesapeake Abyssinea' (PAG3608) Wide bay with palm trees and rocks in the background inscribed: ' Aleaba - Arabia Felix' (PAG3609) View of coastal town with mountains behind inscribed ' Muscat Persian Gulf' (PAG3610) Coastal view of Mocha on the Red Sea with sailing vessel in the foreground (PAG3611) Sandy landscape with figures and water entitled 'The Arab's Grave, Kurrachee' (PAG3612) Temple on a hill with trees entitled 'The Temple at Muggapere Nr Kurrachee' (PAG3613) River scene entitled ' Alligators at Muggapere Nr Kurrachee' (PAG3614) Laying the first stone of the Foul Point Lighthouse at Trincomalee, Ceylon, 1860 (PAG3615) Group of figures on a raft being Retribution's divers recovering treasure from the Ara wreck near Trincomalee, 1859 (PAG3616) Boats in a rough sea inscribed ' Madras. Landing in the surf in Mupoolah boats' (PAG3617) Landscape with tree inscribed ' Matheran Hills Bombay 1869' (PAG3618) Sea view with land and vessel on the horizon inscribed ' Retribution The Cape of Good Hope Africa 1860' (PAG3619) Wide mountainous bay entitled 'The Peaks of Teneriffe - 1860' (PAG3620) Houses on a cliff with waterfall and figures entitled 'Commodore Wellesley's Cottage Matheson - Bombay 1860' (PAG3621) Woman on a galloping horse inscribed 'A Lady of Honolulu going the Pace' (PAG3622) Landscape view with figures in the foreground entitled ' Ephesus' (PAG3623) Slight sketch of a coastal profile (PAG3624) Map of the route of HMS Resolution from Trincomalie to England 1860 (inside back cover) (PAG3625)
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