Portrait of a European officer

Title : Portrait of a European officer

Topic : Chinese Maritime Customs Service

Year : c.1870

Location : Unknown

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on support : To Mrs John ***elsen As a token of friendship from

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: bo02-001. Photo from an album (UoB reference bo02) kept at the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London (RSAA reference RSAA/SC/BOW/2). The caption on this page is followed enigmatically by a studio portrait of a European officer in uniform (but without any mention of his name!). The name of the woman to whom the album was given is hard to read.

Keywords : Bowra;army