A service hero in memory of those fallen in the second army, at the cemetery outside the east gate of Kinchow: the salute of the first cavalry battalion, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'The fall of Kinchow.', photographer: Ordnance Survey, China, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, Japan, 1894-11-21, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 203 mm x width 284 mm, horse, funerary ceremonial, military salutes, A wide, pale landscape fills the image with a low horizon line, and near that horizon a long line of mounted figures forms a dark silhouette across the scene, each person seated on a horse and wearing a uniform with high headgear; to the right of the mounted line there are a few tents and groups of standing people gathered around them, with some upright poles or standards nearby, while the foreground shows a flat, textured ground with scattered small clumps and rough patches.
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A service hero in memory of those fallen in the second army, at the cemetery outside the east gate of Kinchow: the salute of the first cavalry battalion, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'The fall of Kinchow.', photographer: Ordnance Survey, China, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, Japan, 1894-11-21, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 203 mm x width 284 mm, horse, funerary ceremonial, military salutes, A wide, pale landscape fills the image with a low horizon line, and near that horizon a long line of mounted figures forms a dark silhouette across the scene, each person seated on a horse and wearing a uniform with high headgear; to the right of the mounted line there are a few tents and groups of standing people gathered around them, with some upright poles or standards nearby, while the foreground shows a flat, textured ground with scattered small clumps and rough patches.

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service hero memory fallen second army cemetery outside east gate Kinchow salute first cavalry battalion page photomechanical print inscription fall photographer Ordnance Survey China cliché maker Kazumasa Ogawa Japan 1894-11-21 paper collotype photoprint height 203 mm x width 284 mm horse funerary ceremonial military salutes wide pale landscape fills image low horizon line near horizon long line mounted figures forms dark silhouette across scene person seated wearing uniform high headgear right mounted line tents groups standing people gathered them upright poles standards nearby foreground flat textured ground scattered small clumps rough patches

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