Sun Ke reading on a wooden chaise longue, Fu collection, Fu-n119
Sun Ke (Sun Fo) (1891-1973), was a Nationalist politician and, briefly, in 1932, Premier of the Republic of China, as well as an educational reformer. He was the son of Sun Yat-sen.
In this informal portrait (Fu-n119) by Fu Bingchang, he is relaxing on a wooden chaise longue, reading a copy of ‘Political Profiles from British Public Life’ by Herbert Sidebotham, which was published in 1921. The book contains biographies of prominent British politicians of the day, such as Lord Grey, Lloyd George, Lord Curzon, Herbert Asquith and Bonar Law.