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

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.