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024 7    |a MS 380876/05/161 |2 CALM Reference (SOAS Manuscript Number)
024 7    |a Os05-161 |2 Visualizing China image acquisition number
024 7    |a 21423 |2 University of Bristol Image ID
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Photograph, a large group of Chinese men with some European men, some in military uniform |h [electronic resource].
246 35 |i Added title page title: |a Large group of Chinese men with some European men, some in military uniform.
260        |c [1902].
500        |a Digitisation funded by the "Visualising China" initiative at the University of Bristol in collaboration with "Visual Cultures in East Africa" at the l'Institut d'Asie Orientale (Lyons Institute of East Asian Studies).
500        |a 1 photograph
500        |a Image dates from: 1890
500        |a For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
500        |a John Charles Oswald (1857-1930), tea merchant, was born in Croydon and educated in Heidelberg. Aged 16, he started work with a tea importers in London, with whom he remained for the next 13 years. Oswald then left Britain for China, travelling to Foochow [Fuzhou] in the late 1880s. In 1888 Oswald was working for Odell & Co., merchants, as a clerk. By 1890 he had moved to Bathgate & Co., where he was to stay, becoming manager in the 1890s. -- In addition to his work for Bathgate & Co. Oswald did work for other companies, including Fairhurst & Co. in the 1900s and Gilman & Co. at a later date. Oswald was also a consul for the Netherlands from the 1890s and later vice-consul for Norway. -- Oswald married Nina Louisa Day, the daughter of Reverend A.B. Day, of Fishponds, near Bristol, on 4 May 1896. The couple had three children, Yvonne, Cynthia ('Bunch'), and John. -- In Foochow, Oswald lived in his house 'Tai Hing' (which was the hong, or registered Chinese name, of Bathgate & Co.). Along with many of the foreign merchants in Foochow, Oswald spent parts of the summer at Kuliang (Guling), which provided a cooler escape from the city. He was active in local social circles, including serving in a variety of positions on the committee of the Foochow Club (of which his son was also a member). In the stables at 'Tai Hing' Oswald kept racehorses, and he rode as an amateur jockey at Foochow racecourse. He was also a keen photographer – a photograph of him in one of his albums is captioned 'Mr Camera' (see MS 380876/06/101). -- Oswald received the Order of the Double Dragon from China, the Order of St Olaf from Norway, the Order of Orange-Nassau from the Netherlands, and a medal from the Red Cross for famine relief work. -- Oswald died in 1930. His remains were returned to Britain after cremation in Foochow. -- Source: 'The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c.' Hongkong: Hongkong Daily Press Office. 1888-1922 [title varies] Wright, A. 'Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai, and Other Treaty Ports of China'. 1908; p.838. -- Source: Correspondence with the family of J.C. Oswald
500        |a MS 380876, Oswald, Box 5
500        |a Probably late 19th century.
500        |a Related collections at SOAS include those associated with the Chinese Maritime Customs, such as Francis Arthur Aglen (MS 211355); Edward Charles Mackintosh Bowra and Cecil Arthur Verner (PP MS 69); Reginald Follett Cordrington Hedgeland (PP MS 82); Hugh Gordon Lowder (PP MS 81); and Frederick Maze (PP MS 2). Other collections relating to business in China include John Swire & Sons Ltd (JSS) and the China Association archive (CHAS). Other collections including photographs of China are Henry Rue (MS 381233); Robert Ruxton (MS 381142); and the Godsil and White families (MS 380511)
500        |a Digitised as part of the University of Bristol's 'Historical Photographs of China' project (see www.hpcbristol.net)
500        |a Photographs from the Oswald collection are included in the 'Historical Photographs of China' project at the University of Bristol (www.hpcbristol.net), which includes photographs from many other sources.
500        |a Donated to SOAS Library in 2004
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Oswald, John C. : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/68382938
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Drew, Edward Bangs, 1843-1924 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/50966089
500        |a 福州德商贸易行.1886 年(或作1887 年〉瑞挪联盟驻福州副领事及后任德国署福州领事谢弥沈(G. Siemssen) 创办，即以姓字为行名，华名"禅臣
500        |a Fuzhou German Commercial Bank, 1886 (or 1887) was founded by G. Siemssen, deputy consul of the Swiss-Norwegian Union in Fuzhou and later consul of Fuzhou, Germany.
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Siemssen, Georg Theodor, 1816-1886 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/232033383
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Siemßen, Georg Theodor : DNB http://d-nb.info/gnd/1019913223
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Gracey, Samuel Levis, 1835-1911 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/7044612
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : 豊島, 章太郎 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/260499466
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Zhou, Lian : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/78666232
500        |a Identification of selected individuals provided by Mr. Raymond Mann
506        |a May be used in accord with Creative Commons license, Attribution/Non-Commercial/Share-Alike (by-nc-sa). The digital image is the physical property of SOAS University of London. Contact us for commercial uses.
520 2    |a Sitting left to right: IMCS Deputy Commissioner E. L. Lepissier; unidentified person; Danish Consul J.C. Oswald; IMCS Commissioner E. B. Drew; German Consul G. Siemssen (unknown boy on lap); Viceroy Xu Yingkui (also known as Hsu Ying-k'uei) 閩浙總督許應騤 (who, with Viceroy Li Hung Chang 李鴻章, signed the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory 1898 on behalf of the Ching court); American Consul Samuel L. Gracey; unidentified person; Japanese Consul Sutematsu Teshima 豊島捨松; unidentified person; Russian Consul N.A. Schouisky; and unidentified Japanese staff.
520 2    |a Standing left to right: servant (not part of group); 知府玉貴; 鹽法道鹿學良; 試用知府彭思桂; 洋務委員高慶銓; 翻譯蘇貞洪; 布政使周蓮; 翻譯盛文楊; 按察使楊文鼎; 法文翻譯林藩; 糧道啟約; unidentified Ching official; 福寧鎮孫道仁; 福州府呂渭英
520 4    |a Date originally presumed to be 1890. Commissioner E. B. Drew was posted to Foochow in April 1902. Viceroy Hsu was dismissed in March 1903. They did not wear winter clothing, so photo most likely taken in 1902. This was probably one of the first lunch at the Foreign Board (洋務局) in Foochow as similar lunch photos are in the same Harvard collection. In 1902 the Foreign Board rented a house at the Flower Lane (花巷基督教堂, now a historic site with a church) and the photo was likely taken there.
520 4    |a This is the same photo as one in Harvard University's E.B. Drew Collection at Harvard-Yenching Library EBD00.041 with HOLLIS number olvwork350447
533        |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Archives and Special Collections, |d 2017. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.
535 1    |a Archives and Special Collections.
650        |a 亚洲 -- 中国.
650        |a 亞洲 -- 中國.
650    0 |a Fashion.
650    0 |a Oswald, John C.
650        |a Clothes.
650    0 |a Uniforms.
650    0 |a Europeans.
650    0 |a Clothing and dress.
650        |a 亚洲 -- 中国.
650        |a 亞洲 -- 中國.
650        |a Lepissier, E. L.
650    0 |a Drew, Edward Bangs, 1843-1924.
650    0 |a Siemssen, Georg Theodor, 1816-1886.
650    7 |a Siemßen, Georg Theodor. |2 DNB
650        |a 許應騤.
650        |a Xu Yingkui.
650        |a Hsu Ying-k'uei.
650    0 |a Gracey, Samuel Levis, 1835-1911.
650    7 |a 豊島, 章太郎. |2 NDL
650        |a Teshima Shōtarō.
650        |a Teshima, Sutematsu.
650        |a Schouisky, N. A,.
650        |a Шуйский, Н. А.
650        |a Shuĭskiĭ, N. A.
650        |a Foreign Affairs Bureau (Fuzhou).
650        |a 洋務局.
650        |a 洋务局.
650        |a 福州府吕渭英.
650        |a 福州府呂渭英.
650        |a Sun Daoren.
650        |a 孙道仁.
650        |a 孫道仁.
650        |a 福寧鎮孫道仁.
650        |a Yang, Wending.
650        |a 楊文鼎.
650        |a 杨文鼎.
650        |a Zhou, Lian.
650        |a 周莲.
650        |a 周蓮.
650        |a 知府玉貴.
662        |a China |b Fujian |d Fuzhou |g Flower Lane Church.
662        |a 中國 |b 福建 |d 福州 |g 花巷基督教堂.
662        |a 中国 |b 福建 |d 福州 |g 花巷基督教堂.
700        |a [S.n.]. |4 pht
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a Archives & Special Collections.
830    0 |a China Collection.
830    0 |a John Charles Oswald Photographs.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c Archives & Special Collections
856 40 |u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/SO00000584/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/SO/00/00/05/84/00001/SO00000584thm.jpg
997        |a Archives & Special Collections


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