A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.

  • Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
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Mar 1 1843
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29584i
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view A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.

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A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Set in the First Opium War, after the capture of Chusan by the British in 1840

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London (8 Paternoster Row) : R. Tyas, Mar 1 1843.

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1 print : etching ; 12.2 x 10.5 cm

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Jack in port with his despatches. Robert Cruikshank.

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Wellcome Collection 29584i

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