DescriptionSMS Arcona NH 65764 - Restoration.jpg	English: German corvette Arcona in Nagasaki, Japan, 1897
Date	1897 [1]
Source	history.navy.mil. Also published in: (1898). "The Germans in China". The Navy and Army Illustrated 5. London: Hudson & Kearns.
Author	Schmidt & Wegener (Joh. Schmidt 1835-1918, Wilhelm Wegener 1838-1927). Restored by Adam Cuerden     Description British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC) Date of birth 8 June 1979 Location of birth United States InfoField See file page for creator info.
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1. ↑ According to date on image, just above the rectangular stamp on left [in mirror writing]. The stamp says this was filed in 1899, so there's no particular reason to doubt. The writing is backwards, as it's bleeding in from the back.

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This image has been selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 11 June 2025. It will be captioned as follows: English: Silk painting of Heungseon Daewongun, now in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, created by an unknown artist circa 1869. It is designated a Treasure of Korea. Other languages: English: Silk painting of Heungseon Daewongun, now in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, created by an unknown artist circa 1869. It is designated a Treasure of Korea. Euskara: Heungseon Daewongun erregeordearen zeta gaineko margoa, Koreako Museo Nazionalean, artista ezezagun batek egina 1869 inguruan. Koreako gordailu izendapena dauka. Italiano: Ritratto di Heungseon Daewongun, reggente del regno di Joseon (Corea) dal 21 gennaio 1864 al 25 luglio 1874. Pittura su seta, 1869 circa; esposto presso il Museo nazionale della Corea, a Seul. Magyar: Hungszon Devongun portréja, aki 1864. január 21-től 1874. július 25-ig Csoszon régense volt. A selyemfestményt ismeretlen művész 1869 körül készítette (Koreai Nemzeti Múzeum, Szöul)