Hong kong

1418 · 177302 — London.: The Illustrated London News. March 141857. Engraving 34.1 x 24 cm plus caption from "The Illustrated London News" uncoloured as issued edge toning small professionally sealed tear at the foot not affecting the image in very good condition. View of Hong Kong published in "The Illustrated London News" by Richard Principal Leitch twelve years after it had been ceded to British rule. The original newspaper text included on the verso notes: <br>"The town was founded in 1841; and within two years from a tent pitched for the Government residence it became a large assemblage of stores forts wide streets bazaars and markets and several public buildings. <br> <br>From the estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker with his pencilled catalogue mark on the verso. . The Illustrated London News. unknown