CHINA Album of views relating the H.M.S. Falcon, a Yangtze River Patrol boat, compiled by Petty Officer Blackwell, approximately 258 gelatin silver prints, most corner-mounted between 3 and 6 images per page, manuscript captions pasted beneath, images mostly 60 x 85mm., or a little larger, contemporary decorative leather, hinges cracked, 4to, [c.1933-1937] Fußnoten Images include: British Navy gunboat H.M.S. Falcon (5), Shanghai (31), Nanking (9, including Ming Tombs), Wuhu (12, including Pagoda, cormorant fishing), Kiukiang (6), Hankow (16), the floods of 1933 and 1935 (32, including at Chanshu, and aftermath), Changsha (10, including old houses, university, and "very low water"), Shashi (5), Ichang (c.20, including harbour, pagoda and inland views), Yangtze River (c.50, including gorges, "near miss", various river crafts), Chungking (c.18, including studies of local workman, "rough riders", flour mills and trackers), "local irrigation systems" (6), surface coal mining near Chungking (4), local activities (c.15, including street scenes, vendors), approximately 30 of other Yangtze Patrol vessels, their crew and animals (including a monkey seated on a dog). Provenance: Petty Officer Edward Blackwell, by whom gifted to the current owner.
CHINA Album of views relating the H.M.S. Falcon, a Yangtze River Patrol boat, compiled by Petty Officer Blackwell, approximately 258 gelatin silver prints, most corner-mounted between 3 and 6 images per page, manuscript captions pasted beneath, images mostly 60 x 85mm., or a little larger, contemporary decorative leather, hinges cracked, 4to, [c.1933-1937] Fußnoten Images include: British Navy gunboat H.M.S. Falcon (5), Shanghai (31), Nanking (9, including Ming Tombs), Wuhu (12, including Pagoda, cormorant fishing), Kiukiang (6), Hankow (16), the floods of 1933 and 1935 (32, including at Chanshu, and aftermath), Changsha (10, including old houses, university, and "very low water"), Shashi (5), Ichang (c.20, including harbour, pagoda and inland views), Yangtze River (c.50, including gorges, "near miss", various river crafts), Chungking (c.18, including studies of local workman, "rough riders", flour mills and trackers), "local irrigation systems" (6), surface coal mining near Chungking (4), local activities (c.15, including street scenes, vendors), approximately 30 of other Yangtze Patrol vessels, their crew and animals (including a monkey seated on a dog). Provenance: Petty Officer Edward Blackwell, by whom gifted to the current owner.
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