Photograph, group portrait of Chinese and foreign officials, including the British consul E.T.C Werner
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Photograph, group portrait of Chinese and foreign officials, including the British consul E.T.C Werner
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Group portrait of Chinese and foreign officials, including the British consul E.T.C Werner
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The picture was taken at the Foochow Foreign Board, at Flower Lane. Foochow is present day Fuzhou (福州市). -- Subject persons, front row, left to right: 5. E.T.C. Werner, British Vice Consul, Pagoda Foochow -- 6. 鹿學良 -- 7. (Okoshi Narinori 大越成徳 ?), Japanese Consul (General?) -- 8. G. Siemssen, German Consul, Foochow -- 9. 孫道仁 -- 10. 陳同書
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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).
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1 photograph
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Image dates from: circa 1900 -- 孫道仁 and 陳同書, both depicted, were posted to Foochow in late December 1899; and E.T.C.Werner, also depicted, was vice consul there for 1900 only.
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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
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MS 380876, Oswald, Box 5
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Probably late 19th century. Definitely VIPs, could be a Mandarin and consuls?
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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)
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Digitised as part of the University of Bristol's 'Historical Photographs of China' project (see www.hpcbristol.net)
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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.
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Donated to SOAS Library in 2004
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VIAF (name authority) : Oswald, John C. : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/68382938
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VIAF (name authority) : Werner, E.T.C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers), 1864-1954 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/19780579
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倭納（Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner, 1864-1954,一譯為“沃納”）的漢名為“文仁亭”
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倭纳（Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner, 1864-1954,一译为“沃纳”）的汉名为“文仁亭”
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Lu Xuegen (1854-?), also known as Lu Xueliang and Suitong, was a Qing Dynasty politician and scholar -- Wikipedia Chinese
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鹿學艮（1854年－？），又稱鹿學良，字遂儕，直隸定興（今河北省定興縣）人，清朝政治人物、進士出身 -- 维基百科
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鹿学艮（1854年－？），又称鹿学良，字遂侪，直隶定兴（今河北省定兴县）人，清朝政治人物、进士出身 -- 维基百科
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VIAF (name authority) : Okoshi, Narinori : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/140149066620565602263
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VIAF (name authority) : 大越, 成徳, 1855-1923 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/252668339
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VIAF (name authority) : Siemssen, Georg Theodor, 1816-1886 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/232033383
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VIAF (name authority) : Siemßen, Georg Theodor : DNB http://d-nb.info/gnd/1019913223
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Siemssen's Chinese name was 谢弥沈 (traditional) or 谢弥沉 (simplified) -- Ref. https://madspace.org/db/Advertisers?ID=960 (consulted 2020.05.28)
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孫道仁（1867年2月1日－1932年8月）字退庵，號靜山（又作靜珊），湖南省澧州慈利縣人。中華民國軍事將領，陸軍中將加上將銜 -- 维基百科
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孙道仁（1867年2月1日－1932年8月）字退庵，号静山（又作静珊），湖南省澧州慈利县人。中华民国军事将领，陆军中将加上将衔 -- 维基百科
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Identification of selected individuals provided by Mr. Raymond Mann

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MS 380876/05/163 ( CALM Reference (SOAS Manuscript Number) )
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