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1418 · 179412 — London.: Illustrated London News. March 141857. Half page engraving 14.5 x 23.5 cm on a single newspaper leaf with complete associated text engravings of explosive devices employed in the capture"Chinese Infernal machines” on the verso; and another unrelated half page engraving of "Chinese Smuggling Craft" spots of browning and edge-wear but in very good condition. Engraving and detailed battle commentary from correspondents on board the British vessels H.M.S. Sybille moored off Whampoa Island and H.M.S. Encounter moored off Canton Guangzhou prepared for "The Illustrated London News" describing the attempted capture of a passenger steamer by 53 Chinese junks in Canton during the Second Opium War. Engravings of the devices used appear overleaf. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News. unknown