Corpses laid out in a field after a battle
Collection
Identifier
WS01-117
Copyright
© 2017 Joanna Dunn and Philippa Lamb
Notes
University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: WS01-117. See WS01-113 (which is another photograph of the bodies of soldiers from both sides) and Wr-s087. See 'The Birth of a Republic' '- Francis Stafford’s Photographs of China’s 1911 Revolution and Beyond' by Hanchao Lu (University of Washington Press, 2010), page 87 (another view of the bodies), which is captioned: "Bodies of soldiers from both sides who died in a battle on October 18 near Liujiamiao Station on the outskirts of Hankou. The insurgents defeated the Qing army in that battle".
Caption in album or on mount
Awaiting burial.
Caption on photograph
B26
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