EditorialPalestine: 'The Citadel of Jerusalem, without the Walls, Tower of David'. Colour lithograph by David Roberts (24 October 1796 - 25 November 1864), c. 1839
EditorialSingapore: A door painting depicting wealthy Chinese merchants bearing gifts at Thian Hock Keng Temple, Telok Ayer Street in Singapore's Chinatown area
EditorialChina: British and Chinese officials on board HMS Wellesley a day before the capture of Chusan (5-6 July, 1840) in the First Opium War. British Commodore Sir James Gordon Bremer (table, 3rd left) and Chinese Admiral Chang (table, 3rd right), Karl Gützlaf
EditorialNetherlands: William I (24 August 1772 - 12 December 1843), King of the Netherlands (r. 1815-1840). Oil on canvas painting by Joseph Paelinck (1781-1839), 1819