Picture Details
A fleet of opium clippers
Partner:
Wellcome Library, LondonImage reference:
V0019158Origin:
River Ganges, IndiaArtist / Date:
W. S. Sherwill, 1850Size:
197 x 279 mmDescription:
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The drug opium comes from the milky sap of the poppy capsules. Before it is sold as raw opium it is dried so that it loses about a third of its moisture. This lithograph shows the finished opium being loaded up onto small ships, clippers, on the river Ganges, ready to be taken to Calcutta for export.
