Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bk08-01. This is the funeral of the Major-General Vladimir Konstantinovich Samoyloff (1866-1916), the Russian Military Attaché in Tokyo, who was traveling on the ship SS Andre Lebon to Switzerland, in order to improve his health, when he suddenly died en route. Orthodox Church burial service at the Bubbling Well Cemetery, Shanghai. Photograph by Angelo. Source:The Illustrated War News 12 April 1916 (Part 88, page 40).
Caption on mount
THE FUNERAL OF A RUSSIAN GENERAL, WITH MILITARY HONOURS, AT SHANGHAI: AT THE GRAVESIDE IN THE BUBBLING WELL CEMETERY.
