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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
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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
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Tagged Archives, army, Beato, China Campaigns Project, Heritage, military, museums, Royal Engineers, war
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