Artist / Author / Cartographer:
The Illustrated Lodon News
Title:
Shanghai - Opening of the first railway in China: The first train starting from Shanghai.
Date:
Sept. 2, 1876
Medium:
wood engraving, later colour
Size:
21.1 x 31.2 cm
Description:
The illustration captured China's inaugural railway amid crowds of onlookers.
The line ran from Shanghai to Wusong (Woosung).
The locomotive shown pulling the Celestial Empire train.
References:
Item Code:
P922
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