Image related to the service of Lancelot Giles Accession Number: A05907

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Two sailors beside a barricade in Legation Street during the Siege of Foreign Legations by Boxer and government troops during the Boxer Rebellion. Photograph appears on page 10 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
A05907
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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