photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2019-05-5-4-12

Description

Photograph of an elaborate marble Pai-lou (a Chinese architectural arch or gateway) at the tomb of Manchu Emperor Tsung at Pei-Ling, Mukden (Shenyang), China, 1928 (c). The stone gateway is ornately carved and guarded by large animal sculptures. Trees border either side of the walkway leading up to it. Associated with Col. William Frederick Blaker who was a Royal Artillery staff officer in North China Command from 1927-1929. From a collection of 40 loose items, mainly photographs but also a few postcards and envelopes, compiled by Col. William Frederick Blaker (1877-1933), Royal Artillery, and associated with China and Japan, 1927-1929 (c).