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Description The Earl of Elgin's entrance into Peking on 24 October 1860 to sign the treaty of peace between Great Britain and China. Elgin entered Peking in a sedan chair accompanied by a hundred cavalry and 400 infantry.
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Source The Illustrated London News. 5 January 1861. pp. 20–21.
Author "Sketched by our special artist from the An-Tin Gate (Gate of Peace) of the Tartar Quarter"

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