Photographic views of China and Korea, 1865-1875

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MS. 23051 photogr. 120

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Photographic views in China and topographic studies of Korea, primarily street scenes and local people. Features an image of human remains.

Dates

Creation: 1865-1875

Extent

93 items

Language of Materials

English

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This material is light-sensitive. To ensure its availability to future readers, access to this item is restricted, and requires specialist support. Readers are asked to work from reproductions and published descriptions as far as possible. To apply to see the original, please send a message to specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk, outlining the subject of your research, the importance of this material to that research, and the resources you have already consulted. Please also tell us about the timeframe for your project, if any, and when you hope to visit.

Shelfmark

MS. 23051 photogr. 120

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 92:4752

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Child was an influential English photographer who photographed Beijing in the 1870s and 1880s. Adelphoi Zangaki was a studio owned by two brothers, C. and G. Zangaki, of Greek origin. They were active as photographers in Ottoman Egypt from the 1860s through to the 1890s. They are best known for their photographs of the pyramids and ancient architecture. John Papillon took photographs of the Anglo-French military expedition in China in 1860, during the Second Opium War.