Photographic portrait of Kuo Tajen by Lock & Whitfield; biographical note 'Kuo Sung-Tao, First Chinese Envoy to Great Britain', 1880

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MS. 23051 photogr. 164, item 1

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Photographic portrait of Kuo Tajen by Lock & Whitfield. With a biographical note: 'Kuo Sung-Tao, First Chinese Envoy to Great Britain'. Published in volume 4 of Men of Mark: contemporary portraits of distinguished men with biographical notes by Thompson Cooper. Published 1880 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.

Dates

Creation: 1880

Extent

2 items

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. 23051 photogr. 164, item 1

Former reference:

Wilson Centre Accession Number: 95:5283

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Guo Songtao, officially known as Kuo Tajen, was the first Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom and one of the first Chinese diplomats to be posted to a western country.