E.DUNCAN The Hon. E.I.Co. Iron Steam Ship Nemesis, Lieu. W.H.Hall, R.N.Commander, with boats of Sulphur, Calliope, Larne, and Starling, destroying the Chinese war junks, in Anson's Bay, Jan: 7th. 1841. hand-coloured aquatint plate, by E.Duncan. (Browned.) image: 12¼ x 18¾ins. (31 x 47.5cms.) framed and glazed [ With :] Sir William Hutcheson HALL (1797?-1878) & William Dallas BERNARD. The Nemesis in China, comprising a history of the late war... with a complete account of the colony of Hong-Kong. London: Schultze & Co., 1846. 8° (20 x 12cm). 24pp. of publisher's advertisments at end. 3 engraved plates, 4 folding maps (3 engraved, 1 lithographed), illustrations. (Plates spotted.) Original cloth (rebacked, old spine laid down, joints repaired). Provenance : AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION ("Lady Gore with Capt. Hall's kind regards"); Maria Gore, Wilcott Manor (armorial bookplate, dated 1854). Third edition. In November 1839 Hall was appointed to the "command of the Nemesis, an iron paddle steamer specially built... for the East India Company, fitted with a sliding keel, having a light draught of water, and carrying a comparatively heavy armament. On arriving at Galle after a stormy and tedious passage, she was immediaitely ordered on to China, and joined the squadron in the Canton river in time to render efficient assistance in the reduction of Chuen-pee fort on 7 Jan. 1841. She was at that time the only steamer present, and during the next two years had a most important share in the several operations of the war; Hall, by his energy and his skilful handling of the frail steamer, winning the special commendation of the officers of the navy under whom he served": DNB . (2)
E.DUNCAN The Hon. E.I.Co. Iron Steam Ship Nemesis, Lieu. W.H.Hall, R.N.Commander, with boats of Sulphur, Calliope, Larne, and Starling, destroying the Chinese war junks, in Anson's Bay, Jan: 7th. 1841. hand-coloured aquatint plate, by E.Duncan. (Browned.) image: 12¼ x 18¾ins. (31 x 47.5cms.) framed and glazed [ With :] Sir William Hutcheson HALL (1797?-1878) & William Dallas BERNARD. The Nemesis in China, comprising a history of the late war... with a complete account of the colony of Hong-Kong. London: Schultze & Co., 1846. 8° (20 x 12cm). 24pp. of publisher's advertisments at end. 3 engraved plates, 4 folding maps (3 engraved, 1 lithographed), illustrations. (Plates spotted.) Original cloth (rebacked, old spine laid down, joints repaired). Provenance : AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION ("Lady Gore with Capt. Hall's kind regards"); Maria Gore, Wilcott Manor (armorial bookplate, dated 1854). Third edition. In November 1839 Hall was appointed to the "command of the Nemesis, an iron paddle steamer specially built... for the East India Company, fitted with a sliding keel, having a light draught of water, and carrying a comparatively heavy armament. On arriving at Galle after a stormy and tedious passage, she was immediaitely ordered on to China, and joined the squadron in the Canton river in time to render efficient assistance in the reduction of Chuen-pee fort on 7 Jan. 1841. She was at that time the only steamer present, and during the next two years had a most important share in the several operations of the war; Hall, by his energy and his skilful handling of the frail steamer, winning the special commendation of the officers of the navy under whom he served": DNB . (2)
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