Stock ID #61165 Interior of a Mat Shed in Hong-Kong. HONG KONG - ANTIQUE PRINT, CHARLES WIRGMAN.

Interior of a Mat Shed in Hong-Kong.

London. Illustrated London News. (August 15, 1857). Stock ID #61165

Black and white engraving, measures approximately 17.3 x 23 cm.

"[Mat sheds] are built of bamboo, not a nail is used in their construction; instead is used rattan with wonderful ingenuity... These sheds are of great length. Down the middle are placed the arms: on either side the sepoys sleep. The European officer is our Artist's sketching companion, Captain Cazalett. Around his hat he wears a complicated puggery; the soubadar tie white. He has the key tied to his handkerchief, which is quite Indian, as pockets are not made by Indians. The sepoys wear Madras slippers". (Correspondent's commentary, Illustrated London News, August, 1857).

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