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English: The formal reception of Keying, the Chinese imperial commissioner, by the British authorities in Hong Kong in November 1845. From left to right:
  • The Honble F. M. Bruce [Possibly an incorrect transcription of Frederick Wright-Bruce, colonial secretary of Hong Kong]
  • Major William Caine, chief magistrate
  • Lord Cochrane, aid-de-camp
  • Major-General George D'Aguilar
  • Attendant mandarin
  • Keying
  • Chaou Chongling, Keying's secretary
  • Karl Gützlaff, interpreter
  • Sir John Dent [Appears to be an incorrect transcription of Sir John Davis, governor of Hong Kong]
  • Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane
  • Captain B... [Possibly Captain John Bruce, assistant adjutant-general]
  • Tung, prefect of Canton
  • Attendant mandarin
  • Inscriptions of last two figures are missing from the right margin
Date 19th century
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source Nigel Cameron (1991). An Illustrated History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0195849973.
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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