Archive Reference (shelfmark): Photo 1255 / Subject: Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments / Material Type: Photographs - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1255 Subject Tombs and Sepulchral Monuments Material Type Photographs

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1255(40)
Title:: No. 16. The Siege in Peking. In the British Legation. Cemetery where some of those who were killed, or who died from disease, during the siege, were buried. Some of the graves contain the bodies of as many as three people, there being no time to dig a separate grave for each one. Neither could coffins be made for them. About seventy foreigners died in one way or another during the siege. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:: General view of a corner of the cemetery.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1900
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1255(51)
Title:: No. 32. The Siege in Peking. In the Russian Legation. Graves of the American Marines and Russian soldiers, buried here side by side. Photographer: Killie, Charles A.
Scope & Content:: View of the row of freshly dug graves in the cemetery of the Russian Legation.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1900
Extent:: 1 item

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