This View of the Capture of Amoy on the Coast of China, on the 26th August, 1841; by Her Majesty's Combined Forces, under Vice Admiral Sir William Parker K.C.B. and Lieut. General Sir Hugh Gough... Plate 2

In August 1841, British Vice-Admiral William Parker led two thousand men and part of the fleet north to the important Fujian port of Amoy. The commander of that region, Yen Po-shou, was supposed to shatter the English forces as soon as they approached. However, when the expeditionary fleet anchored off Amoy’s approaches on 26 August, Parker found the Chinese gunners could not keep a concerted fire going long enough to prevent landing parties from taking the artillery emplacements. The British slipped through and quickly occupied the hills surrounding the city. The next day, they marched into it.

Object Details

ID: PAH8197
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ackermann, Rudolph; Papprill, Henry Crawford, Richard Borough
Places: Xiamen
Events: First Opium War: Battle of Amoy, 1841
Date made: 1 Sep 1844
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 347 x 635 mm; Mount: 560 mm x 814 mm
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