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HMS ‘Nemesis’ and boats attacking a masked Battery, February 23rd 1841 (First Opium War)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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William Adolphus Knell  (1802–1875)  wikidata:Q7940855
 
Alternative names
Knell
Description British painter, illustrator, drawer, artist and watercolorist
Date of birth/death 1801 / 1805 / 1802 Edit this at Wikidata 10 July 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Carisbrooke Kentish Town
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London; Bristol; Netherlands (1850); Belgium; France; Kingdom of the Netherlands Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q7940855
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HMS ‘Nemesis’ and boats attacking a masked Battery, February 23rd 1841 (First Opium War)
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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HMS ‘Nemesis’ and boats attacking a masked Battery, 23 February 1841 (First Opium War)

On 23 February 1841, Nemesis in consort with pinnaces from the British ships Calliope, Samarang, Herald, and Alligator, proceeded to Anson's Bay where the Chinese had been observed making hostile preparations by placing stakes across the river. The stakes can be seen in the painting between the background junks and Nemesis. As Nemesis slowed to pull up the stakes and create a passage, a masked battery close abreast on shore opened fire.

signed ‘W.A. Knell’ (lower right), inscribed 'Admiral Lucas V.V. No 14 / H.M.S. "Nemesis" & boats / attacking a masked Battery / 1897 / March. p561.' on an old label attached to the backing paper
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 12 x 20in. (30.5 x 50.7cm.)
Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 6231156
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