English artist active in Japan (1832-1891)

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Sulphur Baths, Uritzino, Japan: panoramic view. Coloured lithograph by Hanhart after C. Wirgman.

A Chinese soldier bearing weapons on his back, on horseback. Watercolour by C. Wirgman, ca. 1857.

A Chinese soldier bearing a rifle, on horseback. Watercolour by C. Wirgman, ca. 1857.

A Japanese physician reading a book. Lithograph by Hanhart after C. Wirgman.

The procession of Shimazu-Seiji through the streets of Yokohama to execution for murder, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.

Two figures kneeling before a mirror; one shaves the face of the other. Lithograph after C. Wirgman.

The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.

The beheading of the accomplices of the murderers of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.

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Charles Wirgman

Images from the collections

Images by Charles Wirgman

Works from the collections

A Chinese soldier bearing a rifle, on horseback. Watercolour by C. Wirgman, ca. 1857.

The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.

A Chinese soldier bearing weapons on his back, on horseback. Watercolour by C. Wirgman, ca. 1857.

A Japanese physician reading a book. Lithograph by Hanhart after C. Wirgman.

The procession of Shimazu-Seiji through the streets of Yokohama to execution for murder, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.

Charles Wirgman

Images from the collections

Images by Charles Wirgman

Works from the collections

A Chinese soldier bearing a rifle, on horseback. Watercolour by C. Wirgman, ca. 1857.

The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.

A Chinese soldier bearing weapons on his back, on horseback. Watercolour by C. Wirgman, ca. 1857.

A Japanese physician reading a book. Lithograph by Hanhart after C. Wirgman.

The procession of Shimazu-Seiji through the streets of Yokohama to execution for murder, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.

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