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Weihaiwei and the 1st Chinese Regiment – 2. Peking and After
In the second of his two posts, Dr Andrew Hillier traces the history of the 1st Chinese Regiment, from its performance in the relief of Tianjin to its disbandment six years later. Despite its record at Tianjin, to the dismay … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Guest blogs, Regimental Collections
Tagged army, China Campaigns, memorial, military, regiment, soldier, war, Weihai, Weihaiwei
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Weihaiwei and the 1st Chinese Regiment – 1. Relieving Tianjin
As part of the Regimental Museums Project, Dr Andrew Hillier explores photographs reflecting the short but significant contribution of the 1st Chinese Regiment to Britain’s military presence in China. Raised in 1898 to protect the Royal Navy’s newly-acquired deep-water base … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Guest blogs, Regimental Collections
Tagged army, China Campaigns Project, military, soldier
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Location/Dislocation – Admiral Keppel, the Chinese Buddha at Sandringham and three key photographs
Jamie Carstairs (Special Collections, University of Bristol Library) is researching the work of Charles Frederick Moore (1838-1916). In this post, Photodetective Carstairs reinvestigates a photographic cold case… In my mind, three golden Buddhas lined up in a row, as if … Continue reading
Posted in History of photography in China, Image Annotation
Tagged Admiral Keppel, art, Buddha, Charles Frederick Moore, photography
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In and outside the combat zone: The Regimental Museums Project (2)
Dr Andrew Hillier completes his introduction to The Regimental Museums Project by discussing some of the more nuanced aspects of military photography and the importance of regimental archives. Aside from Felix Beato’s photographs of the Second Opium War, referred to … Continue reading
Posted in About us, Digitisation, Guest blogs, History of photography in China, Regimental Collections
Tagged Archives, army, military, museums, Royal Engineers, soldiers, war
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The Forbidden City at War: Images of the Wartime Evacuation of the Imperial Art Collections
Adam Brookes is the author of Fragile Cargo: China’s Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City, published in September 2022 by Chatto & Windus, London. He was for many years a journalist for BBC News, serving as … Continue reading
Posted in Guest blogs
Tagged art, Beijing, museums, Nanjing, Sino-Japanese War
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Josepha Richard on Documenting gardens of China through early photographs
Josepha Richard is a PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield, specialised in Modern China and the gardens of 19th century Guangzhou. She holds an MA in Chinese studies (Leeds University) and Art History (Sorbonne Paris IV) and was recently … Continue reading
Posted in Guest blogs, History of photography in China
Tagged Canton, gardens, Guangzhou, Heritage, landscapes
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Useful Links
— Agence D’Images de la Défense La Chine dans les fonds de l’ECPAP — AGSL Digital Photo Archive Asia and Middle East American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin — Album of photographs of Peking and its environs by Lai Afong (Afong Studio) — Andrew Hillier … Continue reading
1945: Facing the future
The caption is the photographer’s. Air Vice-Marshall Arthur Fiddament (1896-1976) took this Kodachrome colour slide in Chongqing, battered war-time capital of the Republic of China, on a whirlwind round the world trip in late 1945. They arrived in Kunming on … Continue reading
Posted in Digitisation, Photograph of the day
Tagged children, colour
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