View of Hong-Kong from East Point by HEINE, Wilhelm - 1856

New York: Sarony & Co, 1856. unbound. Color Lithograph. Image measures 6" x 9".<br/><br/> This beautiful view of Hong Kong shows a busy harbor. The foreground includes stonemasons carving stone with the British colony of Honk Kong in mid-ground, a small yet thriving town and port at the time. To the right Kellett Island is visible in the right of the view in Victoria Harbor. Victoria Peak is seen in the background looking over the town.<br><br>This view, drawn from nature by Wilhelm Heine with figures by Eliphalet Brown Jr. appeared in Francis Hawk's 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry'. The view is in good condition with minor foxing.<br><br>Dr. Francis Lister Hawks (1798 - 1866) was an American priest of the Episcopal Church, and a politician in North Carolina.<br/><br/>