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Photograph

Title
James Lamsey in mandarin robes
Description

Portrait of James Lamsey seated in full mandarin robes. A button can be seen on his hat. He wears a mandarin chain. There is a potted plant and what appears to be an oriental screen behind him.

Date
c. 1900
Place
Australia - Victoria
Interpretive description

The button and chain make James Lamsey at least fifth rank mandarin.

Versions

  1. Published photograph
    Title
    James Lamsey as Chinese 'Mandarin'
    Date
    c. 1900
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.27
    Source

    Cronin, Kathryn, Colonial Casualties: Chinese in Early Victoria, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1982. Details

    Source: Dennis O'Hoy, Bendigo

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