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SUN YAT-SEN (1866-1975). Photograph signed ("Sun Yat-sen"), by Burr, Shanghai (blind-embossed on lower-left margin), n.d. [circa 1910]. 250 x 175 mm. (10 x 7 in.); mounted. A formal, half-length portrait of the founder of modern China, signed on the lower portion of the image. Rare
"Much as George Washington was revered by both sides during the American Civil War, this revolutionary who overthrew the Manchu Dynasty is hailed 'Father of China' by Nationalist and Communist Chinese alike" --W.M.
"Much as George Washington was revered by both sides during the American Civil War, this revolutionary who overthrew the Manchu Dynasty is hailed 'Father of China' by Nationalist and Communist Chinese alike" --W.M.