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Lady Macdonald's Fancy Dress Ball 1900

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Photographer: Giles Family

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Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University

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Photograph includes: Graham (Early Briton); Thomas (Cardinal); Warren (Knave of Spades); Rose (Statue); Hewlett (Gooseberry Fool); Russell (Elizabethan); Tebbitt (Volunteer Officer); Pearson (Pierrot); Bristow (The Hatter); Barr (Matador).Photograph dated 1900. Probably taken before the Siege of Peking (June-August 1900). Occurs in album before pictures of the hostilities.Sir Claude MacDonald was "the British Minister to the Chinese Court [appointed 1895]" Diana Preston (1999), p. 8.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/43620

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Giles Family Albums

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Menzies Very Large Rare Book 2233395

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Image

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Giles Family Albums

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Open Access

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This image is published under a CC-BY licence.

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