9. Group in front of Nordenfield Gun Stand in the British Legation during the Siege of Peking [Beijing]
A British marine gunner is sitting in front of the gun in the top right-hand side of the photograph. Below him are 6 members of the Fortification Committee [including Rev. Joseph Stonehouse]. According to the caption the gun "overlooks Imperial Carriage Park wall and position of Monjol Market". Phot...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/China/Photographs/Box 2 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1900 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/China/Photographs/Box 2 |
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| Summary: |
A British marine gunner is sitting in front of the gun in the top right-hand side of the photograph. Below him are 6 members of the Fortification Committee [including Rev. Joseph Stonehouse]. According to the caption the gun "overlooks Imperial Carriage Park wall and position of Monjol Market". Photograph taken by [Charles] Killie, Peking [American Presbyterian Mission]. |
| Previous numbers: |
C13 |
| Extent: |
1 mounted print (print = 193 x 243 mm; mount = 240 x 369 mm) |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright probably expired |
| File number: |
5 |
| Copies: | Published in The Chronicle, May 1901 |
| Format: | Archive |