You are bidding on a huge original antique print from an 1880s illustrated journal.

It depicts Chinese troops crossing the Min River on the Fuzhou ridge during the Sino French War.

The Sino-French War (Tonkin War and Tonquin War) was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 through April 1885, to decide whether France would supplant China's control of Tonkin (northern Vietnam). Although the Chinese armies performed better than in other nineteenth-century wars and the war ended with French defeat on land, the French achieved most of their aims in the Treaty of Tientsin.

It is very large (double folio size), measuring approximately 22 x 16 inches (56 x 40.5 cm). The picture fills most of the page, with a caption below. There is unrelated text/photos on the back of this print.

The print has a fold in the middle, where it was folded into the magazine long ago. Note that the fold line is clean and undamaged, because it was "tipped" into the binding. This was a luxury binding technique of that era, because the double page prints were free of binding holes down the center.

PLEASE NOTE the paper is more fragile than most of my other prints, and it must be handled with care.See scan for an accurate view of the condition.

This print will come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
 

This print will come with a Certificate of Authenticity.