Ye Mingchen 葉名琛, Governor General of Guangdong and Guangxi

Ye Mingchen 葉名琛, Governor General of Guangdong and Guangxi

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-191

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-191. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-082a. This is a slightly out of focus copy photograph of a photograph of Ye Mingchen 葉名琛 (Yeh Ming-ch'en) (1807-1859), which was taken after he had been captured by the British. Ye Mingchen, the Governor General of Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces (LiangGuang) was referred to as Commissioner Ye, by the British. He was captured by British forces after their bombardment of Guangzhou in December 1857. The original photograph has been attributed to either Felice Beato (Photograph taken in Calcutta, 1859) or to Pierre Joseph Rossier (Photograph taken in Canton, 1858). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Mingchen.

Caption in album or on mount

Yeh

Estimated Date

1859 or 1859

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath

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