Sun Chuanfang a.k.a. the "Nanking Warlord" signed presentation photo
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Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935), also known as the 'Nanking Warlord' or leader of the 'League of Five Provinces'; an exceptional three-quarter length signed presentation portrait. The image captures Sun in military dress with sword. The vintage gelatin silver print, 25 x 19cm, is affixed to its original studio mount (41 x 28cm). The ink inscription reads "Sun Chuanfang to Mr Wilton 1925". An extremely rare autograph in any format.
The photo was presented to British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton (1870-1952). Wilton had a 30-year relationship with Chinese affairs beginning in 1890. He was employed with the Mission to Tibet in 1903-04, as adviser to Francis Younghusband on Chinese affairs. He was later Chief Foreign Inspector of the Chinese Salt Gabelle from 1923-26; it was during this period that he acquired the offered photograph.
Sun Chuanfang was an officer of the Beiyang Army and later joined the Zhili clique following the Xinhai Revolution. He became the military governor of Fujian in 1923 and in 1924, at the beginning of the First Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, commanded the 4th Army in Fujian Province. One of his first acts was to support his ally Qi Xieyuan, moving up from the south in a move that was responsible for the defeat of rival warlord Lu Yongxiang and the capture of Shanghai. He was subsequently rewarded with the military governorship of Zhejiang. The Northern Expedition brought to an end his rule in 1926, forcing Sun to flee to Nanjing. After the Manchurian Incident of 1931 he relocated to the English concession in Tianjin, where he duly announced his retirement from worldly affairs in favor of becoming a Buddhist monk. In an act of delayed retribution, Sun was assassinated by Shi Jiangqiao, the daughter of Shi Congbin, who ten years earlier had been a commander of units in Shandong. Sun Chuanfang had captured Shi Congbin and had him summarily decapitated, mounting his head on a pike!
Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935), also known as the 'Nanking Warlord' or leader of the 'League of Five Provinces'; an exceptional three-quarter length signed presentation portrait. The image captures Sun in military dress with sword. The vintage gelatin silver print, 25 x 19cm, is affixed to its original studio mount (41 x 28cm). The ink inscription reads "Sun Chuanfang to Mr Wilton 1925". An extremely rare autograph in any format.
The photo was presented to British diplomat Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton (1870-1952). Wilton had a 30-year relationship with Chinese affairs beginning in 1890. He was employed with the Mission to Tibet in 1903-04, as adviser to Francis Younghusband on Chinese affairs. He was later Chief Foreign Inspector of the Chinese Salt Gabelle from 1923-26; it was during this period that he acquired the offered photograph.
Sun Chuanfang was an officer of the Beiyang Army and later joined the Zhili clique following the Xinhai Revolution. He became the military governor of Fujian in 1923 and in 1924, at the beginning of the First Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, commanded the 4th Army in Fujian Province. One of his first acts was to support his ally Qi Xieyuan, moving up from the south in a move that was responsible for the defeat of rival warlord Lu Yongxiang and the capture of Shanghai. He was subsequently rewarded with the military governorship of Zhejiang. The Northern Expedition brought to an end his rule in 1926, forcing Sun to flee to Nanjing. After the Manchurian Incident of 1931 he relocated to the English concession in Tianjin, where he duly announced his retirement from worldly affairs in favor of becoming a Buddhist monk. In an act of delayed retribution, Sun was assassinated by Shi Jiangqiao, the daughter of Shi Congbin, who ten years earlier had been a commander of units in Shandong. Sun Chuanfang had captured Shi Congbin and had him summarily decapitated, mounting his head on a pike!
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