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Nemesis...destroying the Chinese war junks, in Anson's Bay, January 7th 1841.
The painting depicts the British ship Nemesis destroying Chinese war junks during the First Opium war, where East India Company established a monopoly on the opium trade and the Chinese government fought against illegal opium imports.
Political Map of the Indian Empire
An atlas map published in 1880 depicts the borders of the Indian Empire, British Raj, that lasted from 1858 to 1947.