An album of 154 collodion and gelatin
silver photographs compiled by an unidentified German sailor from photographs collected
during his tour of duty aboard the German gunboat Iltis. The
focus of the album is the German naval presence in China, documenting the Iltis and its crew in particular, but also including
views of
other German and foreign naval vessels. It also presents a picture of Chinese culture during
the last days of the Qing dynasty, the revolution of 1911, and the birth of the Chinese
Republic, and documents both domestic struggle and foreign intervention as well as scenes of
daily life.
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Language:
Collection material is in German
with some English.
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles 90049-1688 reference@getty.edu URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref (310) 440-7390
