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Image of the attack on the barrier fort near Canton (now Guangzhou), China, by the United States ships San Jacinto, Portsmouth, and Levant during the Second Opium War; two ships visible at center with soldiers in smaller boats heading to shore; Canton coastline with small buildings and scattered Chinese people visible in background.
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
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Image of the United States bombarding the citadel of San Juan de Ulua that defended the city of Veracruz, Mexico, during the Mexican-American War; the city of Veracruz and the attack on the fort are visible in the distance with American ships and soldiers performing an amphibious invasion on the shore in the foreground.
