LSE4330364 Chinese gunmen are inspecting a newly arrived machine gun. Engraving after F.Bassot\'s drawing, to illustrate the voyage to Pekin and North China, by T.Choutze, in 1873, published in ??????Le tour du monde??????????1876, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection. by Bassot, Ferdinand (1843-1900); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese gunmen are inspecting a newly arrived machine gun. Engraving after F.Bassot\'s drawing, to illustrate the voyage to Pekin and North China, by T.Choutze, in 1873, published in ??????Le tour du monde??????????1876, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.