Title:
'Shanghai, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce', 1847. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
'Shanghai, one of the five ports opened by the late treaty to British commerce', 1847. The Treaty of Nanking in 1842, after the First Opium War, established five treaty ports in China. Drawn by B Clayton, from a painting by Piqua. A print from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, Dean and Co, London 1847.