Lu Rongting in 1916

Lu Rongting in 1916

Collection

Hedgeland, Reginald

Identifier

He-s23

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: He-s23. Photo from a folder of loose prints (UoB reference He-s) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference PP MS 82/17). Chinese inscriptions written on the mount and along the top of the print. Photographer's sticker: Jim Fong Canton. So most likely this photograph of Lu Rongting was taken in Canton (Guangzhou). Lu Rongting (1856 - 1927), established a capital of the combined provinces of Guangxi and Guangdong in May 1916, and withdrew from Canton in October 1920. His armies were destroyed in 1921. This photograph is mounted (see He-s22) and was previously framed. The date (1919), written on the mount is incorrect.   The correct date is printed on the photograph (the fifth year of the Minguo calendar), i.e. 1916.

Caption in album or on mount

LU JUNG-T'ING, Governor General and Commander in Chief of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, Canton, 1919.

Location

Guangzhou

Date

1916

Photographer

Fong, Jim

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London