A funeral procession outside City of Nanking, with monk leading the way. 此画描写的正是鸦片战争前萧条的南京。画面凄惨，僧人引领着吹鼓手们，侍女们素衣孝服裹身，紧随的脚夫们抬着棺木，确乎是一场出殡。画面地点应是在西 城三山门（今水西门）附近。画面右处露出城南一角，是原来南京城外最繁华地带，所谓“乌衣巷”的所在，现在全都颓然废弃，河道中空有几支农船载货入城。少 了香火的寺塔，兀自一根根地竖立着，等待着倒塌的那一日。
Drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by J. Redaway
published 1843
Thomas Allom; G. N. Wright (1843). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/chinainseriesofv02wrig#page/n31/mode/2up">China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of That Ancient Empire</a></i>. Volume 2. London: Fisher, Son, &amp; Co. p. 16.