NINETEENTH CENTURY WATER-COLOURS OF CANTON
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XIV Mahometan pagoda & Belfry from W. gate Canton March 12 58
View over roof-tops from a terrace. Tree-capped pagoda in distance.
XVII Macao April 58
View of sea-front, with sampans in foreground.
XX Peiho River July 3rd 58
Small British gun-boat, no. 83, in the river with military figures on the banks.
XXV North of Formosa Id. July 30th 1858
Junk in rough seas off mountainous coast.
XXVI Pagoda Chimmo Bay N. of Amoy Augst 3rd 58
Figures in small boat with mountains and pagoda in the background.
XXVII Victoria Hong Kong Augt 14 58
Hong Kong harbour, town and peak from Stonecutters Island.
XXVIII In Tartar Yamun August 58
Red-coated soldier in front of a hall, with a pagoda in background.
XXXI Canton Septr 58
Magazine Hill 5 storied pagoda N. Gate
Chinese carrying a load outside gate of Canton, with walls and features of the town visible in the background.
XXXIII Honan Temple Octr 5th 58 GAS
Main hall of temple with Chinese walking about.
XXXV Canton Octr 58 E. Wall
Walls, with a pagoda in the distance.
XLIII Novr 18, 58. Gates of Confucius Temple
The College From S, Wall Canton
Entrance gates in foreground, with temple buildings behind.
XLV Howqua's Garden Dec 21 58 GAS
Pavillion in lake, with trees and other buildings around.
Unnumbered Faint pencil inscription: Tombs in Canton(?)
Tombs and coffins in front of a Chinese temple, with a view of water in the background.
The sketches show a certain amateur artistic ability. Some of them are of views which were very popular among book illustrators