Murder of Chinese in Batavia, 1740, Tableau de la Partie de Batavia, ou s'est fait proprement le terrible Massacre des Chinois, le 9 Octob. 1740., Image of that part of Batavia, where the terrible Battle of the Chinese actually took place, October 9. 1740. (title on object), The mass murder of the Chinese by the Dutch in the Chinese quarter of Batavia, after the discovery of the alleged betrayal, October 9, 1740. The streets and canals are full of the bodies of murdered Chinese. In the foreground the Chinese block of houses is on fire, on the right the cannon shelling of the Chinese captain's house is marked by the pole with the snake; the captain who tries to flee in women's clothing is captured., print, Jacob van der Schley, (mentioned on object), after print by: Adolf van der Laan, publisher: Pieter de Hondt, Amsterdam, publisher: The Hague, 1747 - 1779, paper, etching, engraving, height, 213 mm × width, 289 mm
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