Chief Telegraphist in Jehol [Chengde], Mr Chung and family. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (3)). Portrait of Chung and his wife, with six children. The group is arranged around a small table on which a clock of western design stands.
Official group, Weichang. Photographer: William Purdom
Scope & Content:
Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (11)). Portrait of Chinese group (two children in foreground), posed on the verandah of a house. The figure seated in the centre is clearly the most important of the group.
Official attendants, Weichang. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (12)). Portrait of two men, standing on either side of a table placed in the entrance porch of a house. On the table stand vases of a flowers and a clock.
Official group, North Weichang. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (13)). Portrait of five men, three senior figures seated, with two younger men standing behind. The group is posed in front of a traditional house.
Woman in Weichang, goitred throat. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (14)). Portrait of a Chinese woman with a large goitre hanging from her throat, standing in the doorway of a thatched mud house. See also print 15, taken on the same occasion.
Woman in Weichang, goitred throat. Photographer: William Purdom
Scope & Content:
Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (15)). Portrait of a Chinese woman with a large goitre hanging from her throat, standing in the doorway of a thatched mud house. A print from this negative can also be found in the Purdom Papers at the Arnold Arboretum,...
W.P. [William Purdom] with village folk, Weichang, Southern Mongolia, after recovery from blood poisoning in arm. Photographer: William Purdom
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Modern contact print from original glass negative (for which, see Neg 1190/1 (16)). Portrait, with Purdom (in western dress) seated in the centre of a group of five Chinese, in front of house (wall painting in background).