The Chinese men-of-war replying to the attack of the Japanese siege-guns on a hill to the W. of Peishantsuy, W. of the W. entrance to Wei-Hai-Wei harbour

Ordnance Survey, 1895-02-09

  • Artwork typepage, photomechanical print
  • Object numberRP-F-2001-7-1637B-17
  • Dimensionsheight 216 mm x width 288 mm
  • Physical characteristicslichtdruk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    The Chinese men-of-war replying to the attack of the Japanese siege-guns on a hill to the W. of Peishantsuy, W. of the W. entrance to Wei-Hai-Wei harbour

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2001-7-1637B-17

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription: ‘Expedition to Wei-Hai-Wei.’
    • inscription: ‘The man-of-war on the left (...) The mountain behind is Liukung Island.’

Creation

  • Creation

    • photographer: Ordnance Survey, Shandong
    • clichémaker: Kazumasa Ogawa, Japan

  • Dating

    1895-02-09

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    lichtdruk

  • Dimensions

    height 216 mm x width 288 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2001

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

  • M. Fitski en M. Boom, 'Japan: bloesem, verlangen en krijgsgeweld', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 33 (2007), nr. 3, p. 17, afb.

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