Firing of a Japanese 11-inch siege gun, Port Arthur, during the Russo-Japanese War

Firing of a Japanese 11-inch siege gun, Port Arthur, during the Russo-Japanese War

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s190. Port Arthur (Dalian, Lushun Port or Lushun City). Part of a steroeview card published by Underwood & Underwood. This is one of James Ricalton's most successful war photographs. The photograph made a celebrity of him and great profits for his publisher, the Underwood brothers. See 'James Ricalton's Photographs of China During the Boxer Rebellion' by Christopher J. Lucas (Edwin Mellon Press, 1990). See JC-s188.

Caption in album or on mount

7559 - Enormous 11-inch shell from Japanese siege gun, beginning its deadly flight into Port Arthur.

Location

Dalian

Date

1904

Photographer

Ricalton, James A.

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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