Image related to the service of Lancelot Giles Accession Number: A05887

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The British legation walled graveyard. Photograph appears on page 7 of the Lancelot Giles album.

Image taken during Giles’s service as a student interpreter with the British consular staff during the Boxer Rebellion.

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Accession Number
A05887
Photographer
Lancelot Giles
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1900
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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