[Group of Gordon's Chinese Artillery.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of Chinese artillerymen, posed in courtyard in the act of tamping field guns. For another group, clearly taken on the same occasion, see print 8b.
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of Chinese artillerymen with European officers, posed in the courtyard of a house. The photograph was evidently taken on the same occasion as print 7.
View of coco de mer nut. With additional note on reverse reading 'The coco de mer or Lodocea Seychellarum is called by Linnaeus 'The Prince of the vegetable kingdom.' 47 years elapse before it bears fruit and 200 years ere it reaches maturity. The weight of the fruit is from 30 to 40 lbs, and ta...
Views of tents in foreground, with mountain beyond. Contemporary copy print. The original print has been made from a broken glass negative. For a note on the attribution of this and the following prints to Corporal Lawson R. E., see collection introduction.
GORDON PAPERS (MOFFITT COLLECTION). Vol. XIX (ff. 16). Photographs; 1857-circa 1882. Includes a view of Gordon's official residence as officer commanding the Royal Engineers, Gravesend (f. 9), two contrasting photographs of Ibrahim Fawzy Pasha, governor of Khartoum (ff. 14, 15), the latter showi...