Photograph of Duanfang and Colleagues
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2004.03
name: label: Collector
content: Sickman, L. C. S. (Laurence C. S.)
label: Names
content: Duanfang, 1861-1911
place: label: Place
content: China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
label: Place
content: China -- Beijing -- Beijing
topic: label: Topic
content: Manchu
creator: label: Collector
content: Sickman, L. C. S. (Laurence C. S.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Duanfang was an officer in the Qing court who amassed an important art collection, which included jades, bronzes, paintings and sculpture. Duanfang worked in many different positions, including as a customs officer and a provincial governor. In the summer of 1905, Duanfang travelled to the West to research how governments in the United States and Europe functioned. In 1911, Duanfang travelled to Sichuan Province to oversee railroad construction. At the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Duanfang was beheaded by his own imperial troops, who were sympathetic to local revolutionaries.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 17.5 x 23 cm.)
phystech: label: Medium
content: Silver gelatin
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2004.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Silver gelatin prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This photograph depicts Duanfang and other men surrounding a bronze altar set that was later acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The photograph was acquired by art historian Laurence Sickman, who lent if for many years to the Metropolitan where it was displayed in the galleries with the bronze alter set.