Terry Bennett Collection of Early China Photographs
Terry Bennett
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John Thomson, Country Scene, c.1870.
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Tung Hing, Yuen Foo River, Foochow, 1870s.
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B.T.Prideaux, Old Man & Child, c.1918.
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Jules Itier, Pon Tin Qua, Mandarin, Canton, 1844, sixth-plate daguerreotype.
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Unknown Photographer, 'Shanghai Lady', 1870s.
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Lai Fong attributed, 'Chinese Ladies', 1870s.
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Dutton & Michaels, '3-plate Panorama of Macau', salt print, 25.4 x 112cm, 1863.
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Ueno Hikoma, '4-plate Panorama of Shanghai Bund taken from the Trinity Church', 20.6 x 108.4cm, 1893.
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Unknown Photographer, 'Chinese Footbinding', c.1870.
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Milton Miller, 'Merchant and Family', 1860s.
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Unknown Photographer, 'Peking - Hankow Railway', c.1910.
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Unknown Photographer, 'Ningbo Mandarin', c.1875-78.
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Max Priester, 'Bismark and Li Hung Chang in Hamburg', 1896, silver print.
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Unknown Photographer, 'Chief Magistrate, Ningbo', c.1875-78.
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Lai Fong, 'British Minister Wade with Chinese Staff, Peking', 1879.
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Unknown Photographer, '2-plate Panorama of Wuzhou (Woochow)', hand-coloured, c.1890.
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Unknown Photographer, 'British Consulate, Wuzhou (Woochow)', hand-coloured, c.1890.
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A. Bogardus, 'Chnag-Yu-Sing, the Chinese Giant. Born at Pekin, 1847, height over 8 feet, weight 26 stone. Now with Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson', cabinet card, c.1880. Shows Chang with his English wife and three of his children.
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Pierre Rossier, 'Canton. Portraits of Pet Kwei, the Governor of Canton...with Commissioner Parkes', stereoview, hand-coloured, 1858-59.
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John Reddie Black attributed, 'Western Gate of the Chinese City, Shanghai', c.1877.
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Felice Beato, 'Interior of the Taku Fort after the Allied Attack, 21 August 1860.
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George Hart attributed, 'Huang Chengzhong (Taiping military officer), 1861-62.