File:Edward Duncan - The Opium ships at Lintin in China, 1824.jpg

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The Opium ships at Lintin in China, 1824   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Edward Duncan (1803–1882) after a painting by William John Huggins (1781 – 1845)
Title
The Opium ships at Lintin in China, 1824
Description
In the early 19th century, vast quantities of Opium were carried away on ‘scrambling dragons’ (p’a-lung) or ‘ast crabs’( k’uai-hsieh) at Lintin, outside the Bocca Tigris. The ships were typically armed to the teeth, crewed by fierce Tanka riverman. This image shows the Opium ships at Lintin.[1]
  1. ↑ NMM
Date 1838
date QS:P571,+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium color aquatint print
Dimensions height: 46.5 cm (18.3 in); width: 65.3 cm (25.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,46.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,65.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1199924
Accession number
PAI0240
Credit line National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Source/Photographer Royal Museums Greenwich
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the painting The opium ships at Lintin by William John Huggins, 1824

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