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Second Opium War: Battle of Fatshan Creek, 1857
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Rough sketch of a tree and cattle grazing (Drawing)
Unidentified river scene (possibly Singapore), with palm trees overhanging the shore (continued from PAI1385) (Drawing)
Sketch of a view through trees across a bay (continued from, PAI1392) (Drawing)
Scene of a secluded bay, unidentified (possibly Singapore) (continued from PAI1384) (Drawing)
Unidentified coastal scene, unfinished (continued from PAI1386) (Drawing)
Scene looking over valley with a church, unidentified (continued from, PAI1393) (Drawing)
Sketchbook by Admiral Sir John Corbett, containing watercolour drawings of places in England and Far East 1858-1860 (Sketchbook)
Right-hand side of a sketch of 'Tiger Hill', China (continued from previous page) (Drawing)
Temples at Pootoo, Chusan Archipelago, June 1860 (continued from PAI1335) (Drawing)
Tinghai Harbour, Chusan Island, China (continued from PAI1351) (Drawing)
Right-hand side of sketch of hill forts in China (continued from previous page) (Drawing)
Right-hand side of sketch of naval action in Fatshan Creek, with inscription, 'Fatshan Creek June 1st 1857' (continued from previous page) (Drawing)
Sketch of coastline at Rio de Janeiro (continued from PAI1358) (Drawing)
Sketch of the coastline at Funchall, Madeira (continued from PAI1357) (Drawing)
The Cascade, Seychelles, Augt 1878 (Drawing)
View of Talienwhan Bay with transport assembled (continued from PAI1347) (Drawing)
Goldmohr Beach, Aden? (Drawing)
Sketch of Gwydno Bank and River Conway (Drawing)
Dunbar, 1836 (shipping along a quayside with buildings in backround) (Drawing)
Coast of Borneo, Kim Baln from off Amborg Bay, July 1869 (Drawing)
View of Bustard Cove, Talienwan Bay, with naval vessels an anchor (continued from PAI1363) (Drawing)
County manor in grounds, Acton Scott, Shropshire (Drawing)
Scene of shipping in Nagasaki Harbour (continued from PAI1367 and PAI1368) (Drawing)
Little Ormes Head (continued from PAI1339) (Drawing)
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