Graveyard set aside during the siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking

Graveyard set aside during the siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL-n061.  Caption on typed list accompanying the box of negatives: '30: Cemetery'.  Digitised from a negative made for a copy print.  Siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking (Beijing). The grave of David Oliphant (who died of his wounds on 5th July 1900, aged 24), a civilian volunteer and member of the British Legation staff, is in the corner. Photograph by Reverend Charles A. Killie.  See NA05-18.

Caption in album or on mount

30

Caption on photograph

COPYRIGHTS APPLIED FOR BY C.A. KILLIE. PEKING.

Location

Beijing

Date

Tuesday 14 March 1905

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph