Lot 317
Baptist Missionary Society, Sianfu, Shensi, China
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 10 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
£3,500
Description
Collection of photographs, silver prints, mainly taken by James Watson, of Baptist Missionary Society, some taken at Sian, Shensi, or Sianfu, depicting mission personnel, teachers, students, mission schools & mission activities, soldiers, landscape, ruins of Manchu quarter, reserves & resources at Yao-chou Xmas day, Yao-chou, arrival at South Gate Suit-te chou, crossing Yellow River, &c, average size 6 x 9cm., 1924-9, in 7 small albums, and loose, some duplicates
Footnote
Note: For the letters to and from Dr James Watson of the Baptist Missionary Society Mission school, see lot 88.