Copy of the Treaty between Great Britain and China
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Copy of the Treaty between Great Britain and China

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Bound volume

Henry Collen

Maker
English, 1800–1879

Copy of the Treaty between Great Britain and China

1842
Bound volume of salted paper prints
Overall (closed): 13 1/16 × 8 1/4 × 3/8 in. (33.2 × 21 × 1 cm)
Purchase
1982.0236.0001
DescriptionPhotographic copy of the English and Chinese versions of the Treaty between Great Britain and China, signed at Nanking on August 29, 1842. Red leather bound book with applied label with ink inscription on cover.
Inscriptions Titled, dated, and inscribed in ink on applied label on cover recto, C: Copy of the Treaty \ between Great Britain and China, \ Signed at Nanking August 29, 1842 \ The Chinese Version copied by the Photographic \ Process of W. Henry Collen
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