Hankou (Hankow)

Chromolithograph poster on Japon, (377 x 550mm.), framed and glazed, minor browning and creasing, light staining to edges

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Poster depicting a scene from the Wuchang Uprising, the catalyst which led to the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, and the end of the Qing Dynasty in China.

Provisional translation:

Upper centre: 民囯軍炸彈隊猛攻北兵炮隊之實況. 'Actual scene of the Nationalist artillery combating the Provisional Government of the Republic of China'

Upper right: 漢口戰事丙其二. 'The Battle of Hankou, two of three'

Left: 是投也北軍在歆生路附近專用野戰大炮轟擊民軍以至不能前進候由總司令長黃興命炸彈敢死隊為前敵分量便沖出猛烈異常北軍不能低檔立即溃散死亡甚眾遺下大炮數十尊均為民軍所得. 'To overcome the artillery blockage by the Provisional Government of the Republic of China at nearby Xinsheng road preventing the Nationalists from progressing, the commander in chief Huang Xing ordered the acceleration of the artillery suicide squad, resulting in the immediate dismantling and death of the enemy, leaving behind a dozen cannons acquired by the Nationalists.'; 上海新漢社觀戰員縮影石印並記. 'Recorded and captured via Lithography by Shanghai Xinhan She camp follower'