Historical Photographs of China

The London Mission Chapel, near Beijing, burnt down during the Boxer Uprising

The London Mission Chapel, near Beijing, burnt down during the Boxer Uprising

Collection

Maxwell Family

Identifier

Mx04-055

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx04-055. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/3 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). This London Missionary Society chapel, about 40 miles from Peking (Beijing) was burnt down on 18 May 1900. See a similar image of the chapel, on page 91 of 'The Illustrated London News', 21 July 1900. See also JW-s25 (which is a photograph of the LMS chapel before the uprising).

Caption in album or on mount

Boxer Destruction.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1905

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham