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| 17 |
Sultan Ismail of Johore, 1925 |
| 18 |
Sir Frank Swettenham [circa 1910] |
| 19 |
Sir Frank Swettenham [circa 1930] |
| 20 |
Sir Hugh Low, 1884 |
| 21 |
Hugh Clifford and Martin Lister, 1886 |
| 22 |
William Alexander Pickering, [circa 1902-1906] |
| 23 |
Sir Ernest Woodford Birch [circa 1920] |
| 24 |
Hubert Berkeley, circa 1922-1923 |
| 25 |
Charles Alma Baker, 1920 |
| 26 |
Theodore R. Hubback, 1927 |
| 27 |
Unidentified portrait, 1920s |
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Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore
| Title |
William Alexander Pickering, [circa 1902-1906] |
| Reference |
BAM 7/22 |
| Creator |
Büchi, Faelli, fl 1900-1909, photographer |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1902-circa 1906 |
| Extent and Medium |
Good condition. |
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| Content and context |
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A commercial photographer active in Locarno in the 1900s. No further information is available.
113 x 149 mm (mounted on card). A full length portrait showing Pickering seated at a garden table in Locarno where he lived between circa 1902-1906. Pickering (1840-1907) served in the Far East in the Mercantile Marine between 1856 and 1862, joining in that year the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs at Foochow; from 1866-1870 he was employed by a mercantile house in Formosa and in 1871 was appointed a Chinese Interpreter in the Starits Settlements Civil Service. He became Protector of Chinese in 1877, but his career was cut short by a head wound received in 1887 which obliged him to retire in 1889.
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| Further information |
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Indexed
CN 1565.
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| Index Terms |
| Europe |
| Locarno |
| Switzerland |
| Ticino |
| Pickering, William Alexander (1840-1907) |
| Buchi, Faelli (fl 1900-1909) photographer |
| No further on-line information. |
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