Album of views sketched in Tientsin (Tianjin) by Ensign Frank Sadleir Brereton in 1861, the year following the conclusion of the Second Opium War, with additional views of Singapore and Java, drawn in pen-and-ink, some with wash, most captioned on the reverse and signed with monogram, comprising twenty-six drawings of Tientsin (one double-page) including views captioned: "Head Quarters Square" ("2/60th R Rifles"), "Mahomedan Temple", "Bell Temple", "Treaty Joss House", "Pallisir's Grave", "Old Castle near Tien Tsin", "South Forts" (double-sheet panorama), "Angles of Treaty Joss House", "Tien Tsin from West Gate", "West Gate from the Wall", "Tien Tsin from East Gate", "Tien Tsin from North Gate", "North Gate Tien Tsin from the street", "Tien Tsin from South Gate", "English burial ground & Treaty Joss House from South Gate", "Chinese Graves French Side Tien Tsin", "South Forts Tien Tsin", "South Taku Fort", "2nd Taku Fort", "Chinamans House French Side Tien Tsin", etc.; with two views of Singapore, showing junks (a seascape captioned "Singapore Nov 16, 1861") and a general view seen from the sea (double-sheet panorama drawn on the same day), Java (double-sheet panorama with shipping in the foreground); plus other views executed later in Ireland and elsewhere, some 60 leaves in all (27 leaves with views of Tientsin and environs) plus blanks, one of two leaves later in the book excised, drawn in a sketch book bearing the stationer's ticket Henry Penny's Improved Metallic Books, contemporary morocco, with inside cover wallet, pencil-holder and brass clasp, minor scuffing, oblong 8vo (each leaf c.105 x 180mm.) , Tientsin, 1861
Album of views sketched in Tientsin (Tianjin) by Ensign Frank Sadleir Brereton in 1861, the year following the conclusion of the Second Opium War, with additional views of Singapore and Java, drawn in pen-and-ink, some with wash, most captioned on the reverse and signed with monogram, comprising twenty-six drawings of Tientsin (one double-page) including views captioned: "Head Quarters Square" ("2/60th R Rifles"), "Mahomedan Temple", "Bell Temple", "Treaty Joss House", "Pallisir's Grave", "Old Castle near Tien Tsin", "South Forts" (double-sheet panorama), "Angles of Treaty Joss House", "Tien Tsin from West Gate", "West Gate from the Wall", "Tien Tsin from East Gate", "Tien Tsin from North Gate", "North Gate Tien Tsin from the street", "Tien Tsin from South Gate", "English burial ground & Treaty Joss House from South Gate", "Chinese Graves French Side Tien Tsin", "South Forts Tien Tsin", "South Taku Fort", "2nd Taku Fort", "Chinamans House French Side Tien Tsin", etc.; with two views of Singapore, showing junks (a seascape captioned "Singapore Nov 16, 1861") and a general view seen from the sea (double-sheet panorama drawn on the same day), Java (double-sheet panorama with shipping in the foreground); plus other views executed later in Ireland and elsewhere, some 60 leaves in all (27 leaves with views of Tientsin and environs) plus blanks, one of two leaves later in the book excised, drawn in a sketch book bearing the stationer's ticket Henry Penny's Improved Metallic Books, contemporary morocco, with inside cover wallet, pencil-holder and brass clasp, minor scuffing, oblong 8vo (each leaf c.105 x 180mm.) , Tientsin, 1861
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