Lu Rongting in 1919

Title : Lu Rongting in 1919

Topic : Chinese Maritime Customs Service

Location : Canton

Date (start) : 1919

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

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

Information data : 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. 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. See he-s22.

Keywords : CMCS;Chinese;Maritime;Customs;Service;military;army;officer;uniform;decorations;medal;sword;weapon;warlord;Guangdong;Guangxi