History / China / British occupation of Hong Kong in the First Opium War in 1841; assignment to the United Kingdom in the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 and declaration as Crown Colony in 1843.- "British Officers Greeting Chinese Mandarins". - (Presumably receipt of the imperial commissioner kKeying / Qiying by Governor Sir Henry Pottinger on June 26; 1843).Watercolour; anonymous; c.1843.On paper; 29 x 39.5 cm.Inv. No. 1.Hong Kong; Hong Kong Museum of Art.