ARCHIVE OF OVER FOUR HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY INDIA
by LEACH, William Arthur Blackburn:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Arthur Blackburn Leach (1872-1962) was born in Norwich where he attended a local grammar school, later becoming an apprentice carpenter and engineer. After qualifying, in 1902 he moved to China where he obtained a position in the Public Works Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council. He subsequently spent the rest of his working life in Shanghai, where he also involved himself in a Christian Mission school and in helping to support street children. During his time in China, he seized every opportunity to visit other parts of country, taking a close interest in the lives of those who lived there, and, as a talented amateur photographer, documenting his journeys through thousands of photographs. He travelled home to Britain at least four times during his stay in China, with these visits taking the form of round-the-world trips in which he travelled through the Middle East, Egypt, The Holy Land, India and the Far East, where he took a similarly enthusiastic interest in learning about and recording the day-to-day lives of the local people. On his final return to Britain in 1926, Leach took to lecturing, giving a great many talks on his experiences in China and the numerous other countries which he had traversed.
Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Blackburn Leach.
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- Bookseller
- Sky Duthie Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1088
- Title
- ARCHIVE OF OVER FOUR HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY INDIA
- Author
- LEACH, William Arthur Blackburn:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- [Original photographs]
- Date Published
- [c.1910-1926]
- Keywords
- Photography|Travel & Exploration
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