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Jun 28, 2024 · His movements within Japan were highly restricted so he began by gathering plants from the owners of private gardens in the area. However, he soon received an invitation from the Consul General of Japan, Rutherford Alcock, to join the first British ascent of Mount Fuji.
Jun 20, 2024 · The London International Exhibition in 1862 included Japanese works of art assembled by Rutherford Alcock, the British consul-general in Japan.
Jun 29, 2024 · Andrew Hillier’s The Alcock Album: Scenes of China Consular Life, 1843-1853 (City University of Hong Kong Press) contains many paintings and sketches by the talented Henrietta Alcock, wife of early Shanghai diplomat Rutherford Alcock. oldshanghaipaul. June 29, 2024 at 1:59 PM.
Jun 30, 2024 · The Alcock Album is a collection of watercolours and sketches by Henrietta Alcock and her husband, the British Consul, Rutherford Alcock. This book presents artwork from the album and the stories behind them, providing a unique window into the first phases of consular life in treaty port China.
Jun 25, 2024 · According to sources that mention it, the first recorded climb from Mount Fuji occurred in 663 CE by a monk who was not named. Later, in 1860, Sir Rutherford Alcock scaled Mount Fuji in around eight hours.
2 days ago · The exhibition was formally opened on 10 January 1885 by Sir Rutherford Alcock, former consul-general in Japan and the author of Art and Art Industries in Japan.
Jun 9, 2024 · Alfred Alcock retired Major in the Indian Medical Service (I.M.S). Rutherford Alcock was not in the British Army he served as a Medical Officer in the Royal Marines in the Miguelite War in Portugal and then was in the British Auxiliary Legion in Spain. Last edited: Jun 9, 2024.
