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1787.d.7, 1(1)
- Record Id:
- 040-003228219
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003228218
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x001108
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1787.d.7, 1(1)
- Title:
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Prince Kung. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Portrait Photography
Full-length seated portrait of Yixin, Prince Kung, 'now about forty years of age ... the sixth son of the Emperor Tao Kwang ... Prior to 1860 he was little known beyond the precincts of the Court: but, when the Emperor fled from the summer palace, it was he who came forward to meet the Ministers of the Allied Powers, and negotiate the conditions of peace...' For an earlier portrait of Prince Kung, taken in 1860 at the conclusion of the 2nd Opium War, see APAC Photo 353 (26).
For a portrait of Kung taken at the time of the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War, see APAC Photo 353 (26).
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003228218
040-003228219 - Is part of:
- 1787.d.7, 1 : Illustrations of China and its people. A series of two hundred photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and…
1787.d.7, 1(1) : Prince Kung. Photographer: Thomson, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-003228218[0001]/040-003228219
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1787.d.7, 1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Collotype
Photomechanical Print - Start Date:
- 1872
- End Date:
- 1872
- Date Range:
- 1872
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 292 mm x 200 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thomson, John
- Subjects:
- Princes
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