The house of Henry Cockburn, fortified during the siege, Peking
Collection
Identifier
BL-n071
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL-n071. Caption on typed list accompanying the box of negatives: '35: Hotel de Peking-sandbagged'. The house of Henry Cockburn, Chinese Section Secretary at the British Legation, responsible for training student interpreters - after the Siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking (Beijing). In an album (Killie Family Papers RG226) held in the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, USA, this photograph is captioned: "In the British Legation. First Secretary’s House, showing how it was fortified with bricks and sand bags. Men of the Signal Service on the roof. This house was constantly under fire, and was hit by probably thousands of rifle bullets, besides solid shot and fragments of shells". Photograph by Reverend Charles A. Killie. See NA05-02.
Caption in album or on mount
35
Caption on photograph
COPYRIGHTS APPLIED FOR BY C.A. KILLIE. PEKING.
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Location
Estimated Date
1900
Photographer
Material
Negative
Media
Black and white photograph
