Captain Anstruther Illustration.

Format:

Image

Contributor:

British Library, owner.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Anstruther, Philip.

Gouache painting, Chinese.

Prisoners--Transportation.

China.

Genre:

Illustrated works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 image)

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [1840-1860?]

Summary:

Gouache on pith paper. China/Canton style, from an album containing 12 paintings illustrating Chinese punishments. Hastings Albums. 'Capt. Anstruther. Transporting from and to prison'. In a wooden cage. Capt. Philip Anstruther (1807-84) was in charge of a detachment of Madras Artillery in the Anglo-Chinese war of 1840-41. He was captured by the Chinese on 15th September 1840, and transported about the country in a wooden cage.

Notes:

Reference: c3703-02

Title from publisher's website.

Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed November 19, 2025).