Photo #: NH 66324-KN (Color)
"Bombardment of the Forts at the Entrance to the Peiho
River, 25th June 1859"
"About half-an-hour after the commencement, as seen from
the junks, in which were two battalions of Marines. Commencement
of action 2:30 P.M."
Colored lithograph by T.G. Dutton after a drawing by Major W.G.R.
Masters, Royal Marines Light Artillery, published by Day & Son,
Gate St., Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, July 18, 1861.
The print identifies the steamer in center as "the U.S.A.
chartered steamship 'Toey-Wan' (Captain Josiah Tattnall) which
rendered conspicuous service to the English and French gunboats".
Courtesy of the Beverly Robinson Collection, U.S. Naval Academy
Museum.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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