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Charles Frederick Moore’s photographs of the ruins of the European-style palaces (西洋楼) at the Yuanmingyuan (圆明园)
Jamie Carstairs (Senior Digitisation Officer, Special Collections, University of Bristol Library) is researching the work of Charles Frederick Moore (1838-1916), and here discusses Moore’s photographs of the ruins of the European-style, baroque palaces at the Yuanmingyuan. When the vast and … Continue reading
Posted in Digitisation, History of photography in China, Photographers, Visualisation
Tagged Charles Frederick Moore, Ernst Ohlmer, Heritage, history of photography, Old Summer Palace, photography, Thomas Child, Yuanmingyuan
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Wuhan’s Yellow Crane Tower: Resistance and Resilience
Our latest blog comes from Dr Yang Chan, Shanghai Jiaotong University. A graduate of Hunan University, Dr Yang was awarded her PhD at the University of Bristol in 2014, and then worked at Wuhan University, before moving in 2017 to … Continue reading
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Tagged Heritage, Sino-Japanese War, Wuhan
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Charles Frederick Moore (1837-1916), a photographer in China
Jamie Carstairs, who manages the Historical Photographs of China Project, follows up serendipitous events, leading to a rabbit hole, in which a ‘new’ nineteenth century China photographer was found. ‘Mr. C. F. Moore, in the service of the Customs at Ningpo, … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, cross-searching, Digitisation, History of photography in China
Tagged Dudgeon, Heritage, Moore, Ningbo, Royal BC Museum, Watson, Yuanmingyuan, Zhapu
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