AFTER FREDERICK LE BRETON BEDWELL
Britain, 19th Century
"Attack and Capture of the Forts at the Entrance of the River Pei-Ho_China". Inscribed along the lower margin "From a Sketch by F.J.E.B. Bedwell. _ T.Picken Lith.", "London: Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields" and "Day & Son. Chromolith. To The Queen". Subtitled "On the 20th May 1858. By the Allied British and French Gun Boats and Boats of the Squadron in the Gulf of Pechili" and further inscribed in script "Respectfully dedicated by permission to their Excellencies Rear Admiral Sir M. Seymour K.C.B. and Rear Admiral C. Reigault de Genouilly G.E.L.H. K.C.B.".
Hand-colored lithograph, 40.25" x 24" sight. Framed 24" x 32.25".
Provenance:
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.

Notes:
In 1858, a British naval squadron with Royal Marines, attempting to capture the Taku forts at the entrance to the Pei-Ho River, was ignominiously defeated.

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