An episode in the revolutionary war in China, 1911: a battle outside Hankow. Colour lithograph by T. Miyano.

The city of Wuhan was one of the starting points of the 1911 revolution against the Imperial regime

Portraits of two revolutionary leaders in roundels at top: the one on the right resembles Yuan Shih-k'ai

[Japan], [between 1900 and 1999]

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 35 x 46.8 cm.

The series continues the tradition of war prints issued at the time of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Russo-Japanese War (1905), but those were woodblock prints. Here, the traditional technique has been abandoned, and western-style lithography used. Perhaps intended for export to China

Violent fighting near the city of Hang-kow

Wellcome Collection 645609i