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| 1 |
French sentry guarding the frontier between Tongking and China |
| 2 |
At the gate of the Fort, Monkay |
| 3 |
The boys band, Manila |
| 4 |
The approach to Peking - outside the walls |
| 5 |
The Examination Halls, Peking |
| 6 |
Foreign Office, Peking |
| 7 |
The Observatory, Peking |
| 8 |
The Great Wall of China |
| 9 |
A watchtower on the the Great Wall |
| 10 |
A magistrates Yamen |
| 11 |
A private cart, Peking |
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Sir Henry Norman Far East collection, circa 1890
| Title |
At the gate of the Fort, Monkay |
| Reference |
Y302E/2 |
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| Content and context |
Showing a group of Europeans and a squad of Chinese soldiers standing at the entrance to the fort. The outer perimeter is composed of two fences of wooden posts, with an intervening space sown with sharpened spikes. The removable gate to the fort is also protected with projecting spikes. Some of the fort buildings can be seen on the hill in the background. The wrapping of this negative contains a different caption, namely Shameen - the guarded entrance between the British concession and the native city of Canton. The caption given above, used by Norman in his book (1895), is the more likely one. Monkay (Mon Cai) is situated on the French-Chinese border. |
| Further information |
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Reproduced in: Norman, Henry (1895). The people and politics of the Far East, London : T.F. Unwin, p. 100.
Indexed
Contact print.
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| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| Indochina |
| Móng Cái |
| Quang Ninh, Tinh |
| Vietnam |
| No further on-line information. |
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