View of Hong Kong from East Point.
Philadelphia: P. S. Duval, 1856. A beautiful view of Hong Kong showing a busy harbor, the foreground busy with stonemasons, with the British colony of Hong Kong in mid-ground. To the right Kellett Island is visible in Victoria Harbor. Victoria Peak is seen in the background looking over the town. This view, drawn from nature by Wilhelm Heine with figures by Eliphalet Brown Jr. appeared in Francis Hawk's 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry'. View 6 x 8 3/4" on sheet 8 1/2 x 11 1/4" Very good condition. Item #26325
Price: $150.00