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Category Archives: Regimental Collections
In and outside the combat zone: The Regimental Museums Project (2)
Dr Andrew Hillier completes his introduction to The Regimental Museums Project by discussing some of the more nuanced aspects of military photography and the importance of regimental archives. Aside from Felix Beato’s photographs of the Second Opium War, referred to … Continue reading
Posted in About us, Digitisation, Guest blogs, History of photography in China, Regimental Collections
Tagged Archives, army, military, museums, Royal Engineers, soldiers, war
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In and outside the combat zone: The Regimental Museums Project (1)
In the first of two blogs, Dr Andrew Hillier introduces a new Historical Photographs of China initiative – the Regimental Museums Project – which he is coordinating, and which will draw on photographs in regimental and national collections, to explore … Continue reading
Posted in About us, Collections, Heritage, History of photography in China, Regimental Collections
Tagged Archives, army, Beato, China Campaigns Project, military, museums, Royal Engineers, war
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Regimental Cartes de Visite
Following the copying of the Royal Hampshire Museum’s collection of China- related photographs by the Historical Photographs of China project, Dr Andrew Hillier shows how these can reveal the personal aspects of a regiment on campaign in empire. First … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, New Collections, Regimental Collections, Uncategorized
Tagged army, museums, Second Opium War, Taiping Rebellion
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Andrew Hillier on Images of War and Regimental Memory
Following a recent visit to the Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum in Winchester, Dr Andrew Hillier discusses the rich resources that are available in such museums and their importance to the study of imperial history. There are well over one hundred … Continue reading
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Tagged battle, Felice Beato, Opium War, war
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