RBCM Archives

Alleyway

J-00501
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Photo depicts unidentified alley way.

Ancient Observatory (Guanxiangtai), Beijing

J-00490
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Item consists of a photograph of the Ancient Observatory (Imperial Observatory, Guanxiangtai) in Beijing.

Ancient Observatory (Guanxiangtai), Beijing

J-00504
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Photo depicts the Ancient Observatory (Imperial Observatory, Guanxiangtai) with a man and boy in foreground, several armillary in background.

Architectural detail

J-00417
Item
[ca. 1865]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Ornate architectural detail, blurry figure on right.

Archway of Ling jin men

J-00500
Item
[ca.1865]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Item consists of photograph of the archway of Ling jin men, showing protective screen and Fang cheng surmounted by Ming lou, Beijing.

Armillary Sphere

J-00499
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Item consists of a photograph of a large armillary sphere at the Ancient Observatory (Imperial Observatory, Guanxiangtai), Beijing

Astronomical Instrument

J-00481
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Photo depicts armillary sphere astronomical instrument at the Ancient Observatory (Imperial Observatory, Guanxiangtai) in Beijing.

Astronomical Instruments

J-00491
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Photo depicts astronomical instruments at Ancient Observatory (Imperial Observatory, Guanxiangtai), in Beijing.

Boating in Pond

J-00412
Item
[ca. 1865]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Stone enclosed pond,unidentified man in boat in foreground.

[British Legation, Beijing]

J-00420
Item
[ca. 1865]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Item consists of a photograph that has been identified as the British Legation, Beijing.

[British Legation, Beijing]

J-00435
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Item consists of a photograph that has been identified as the British Legation, Beijing. British army officers in uniform standing with carts in front of the building.

British Legation, Beijing

J-00414
Item
[ca. 1865]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Item consists of a photograph depicting the British Legation in Beijing. Previous identification of the photograph suggested that the photo is of a destroyed building in Nanjing.

[Bronze Ox statue at the New Summer Palace, Beijing]

J-00440
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Photograph depicts statue of an ox at New Summer Palace, Beijing.

Building and gardens, Yuanming Yuan

J-00443
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Photo depicts building with elaborate grounds at Yuanming Yuan (the Old Summer Palace) and unidentified person in centre of view.

Building Complex

J-00439
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Group of unidentified buildings and trees

Building Exterior

J-00438
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

View of unidentified building exterior including chairs and garden pots.

Building Interior

J-00428
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Unidentified building interior with pots on floor.

[Camel's Back Bridge (Bridge of the Curved Back or Jade Belt Bridge), on Kunming Lake, New Summer Palace, Beijing]

J-00433
Item
[ca. 1860 - 1884]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Photograph of a stone bridge over a waterway at the New Summer Palace, Beijing.

Carts with wooden wheel

J-00418
Item
[ca. 1865]

Part of C.F. Moore fonds

Carts with wooden wheel in rural setting

C.F. Moore fonds

PR-2321
Fonds
1860-1907

Fonds consists primarily of photographs and a small selection of textual material documenting the professional and personal life of Charles Frederick Moore. The photographs predominantly concern Moore’s activities as an English colonial officer in late nineteenth century China. As a paymaster for General Charles Gordon’s forces in China, Moore witnessed and documented important events in the Nanking Rebellion. This is the most closely documented period of Moore’s life and the predominant amount of photographic records in the fonds concern this period. Following the rebellion, he remained a colonial official in Peking, starting a young family.

He decided to move his family to Victoria, British Columbia in 1885, and most of the textual records in the fonds date to this time period. The textual records comprise of certificates, biographical notes on Judge Mathew Baillie Begbie, for whom Moore served as secretary, and lecture notes for Moore's lecture on China in the time of General Gordon.

Moore, Charles Frederick