Silk scarf design, driving the Tartar troops into the Gates of Canton

Date: 1842 Reference: BT 43/189/5098d (detail) Creator: Board of Trade and successor and related bodies Catalogue context: Registered design number: 5098. Proprietor: James Keymer and Company. Address 32 Cheapside, London. Subject: Pocket handkerchief [printed silk kerchief depicting 9 scenes of a dispute (Opium Wars) between China and the UK, and the signing of a peace treaty] with text: Caption to central scene: SIR HENRY POTTINGER, Admiral SIR WILLIAM PARKER and General GOUGH receiving the Chinese High Imperial Commissioners on board her Majesty's ship CORNWALLIS, August 15th 1842; Captions to surrounding scenes, starting at one o'clock: DRIVING THE TARTAR TROOPS INTO THE GATES OF CANTON [Guangdong]; THE NEMESIS STEAMER DESTROYING THE WAR JUNKS; CAPTURE OF WOOSUNG [Wusong, Shanghai]; THE CHINESE HIGH IMPERIAL COMMISSIONERS SIGNING THE TREATY OF PEACE; CAPTURE OF CHUSAN; CAPTURE OF AMOY [Xiamen]; PREPARING TO ATTACK NANKING [Nanjing]; DESTRUCTION OF THE ROGUE FORTS. Class 10: printed fabrics Categories: Design Subjects: Art, architecture and design; Asia; Clothing; Navy; Shipping; Trade and commerce Topics: Arts and culture; Family and identity; International trade and affairs; Military and war; Transport and travel Period: Empire And Industry Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf