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Photographs of the Chinese Revolution and miscellaneous views. Photographer(s): Unknown.

Catalogue reference: Photo 1141

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This record is about the Photographs of the Chinese Revolution and miscellaneous views. Photographer(s): Unknown. dating from c. 1890s-1911.

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Photo 1141
Title
Photographs of the Chinese Revolution and miscellaneous views. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Date
c. 1890s-1911
Description

Collection of 50 largely uncaptioned prints, mainly early 20th century, plus two modern copy prints of a portrait of a young man in sailor's uniform, taken by the Nagakiyokwan Studio, Hankow and dated 5 May 1912. The majority of the photographs relate to the outbreak of the Chinese Revolution in Hankow/Wuhan in 1911, with additional topographical views and portraits from various locations. The majority of these latter appear to be copy prints of earlier commercial photographs (views of the Ming Tombs, Amoy, executed pirates and punishments such as the caingue, etc).

Related material

See also BL shelfmark 9056.p.10, a reprint of extracts from the Hankow Daily News, October-November 1911, extra-illustrated with photographs, a number of which duplicate the prints in this collection.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Language
Not applicable
Physical description
52 items.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased by Chinese Section and passed to Prints, Drawings and Photographs, November 2004.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/187ffcc9-0f58-4921-8e6e-ddd6f4c3e534/

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Photographs of the Chinese Revolution and miscellaneous views. Photographer(s): Unknown.