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晚清河山
(uk) Thomas Allom (uk) George N. Wright
"Rivers and Mountains of the Late Qing Dynasty" was published in 1843, the year the First Opium War ended. At that time, the British people were full of curiosity about the empire that had just fought a war with them, so the publisher invited two authors to publish this album, which introduced China's landscapes, customs and people's conditions with pictures and texts. This album has been reprinted many times, translated into different European languages, and published in other countries. The most valuable thing about this album is that, in an era when photography had not yet been invented, it preserved pictures reflecting the landscape, customs and sentiments of China in the late Qing Dynasty in the form of extremely delicate steel engravings.
"Rivers and Mountains of the Late Qing Dynasty" was published in 1843, the year the First Opium War ended. At that time, the British people were full of curiosity about the empire that had just fought a war with them, so the publisher invited two authors to publish this album, which introduced China's landscapes, customs and people's conditions with pictures and texts. This album has been reprinted many times, translated into different European languages, and published in other countries. The most valuable thing about this album is that, in an era when photography had not yet been invented, it preserved pictures reflecting the landscape, customs and sentiments of China in the late Qing Dynasty in the form of extremely delicate steel engravings.