<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414081274243_18624">The photo attached to your email was published in Isabella Bird Bishop's "Korea and Her Neighbours," published circa 1898. It is toward the back of the book. The illustrations in the book are far superior to the one you found on the Internet, which is several generations removed. Check her book for more information about the topic.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414081274243_18649"> </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414081274243_18635">Norman Thorpe, Whitworth University<hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414081274243_18629" SIZE="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414081274243_18636" size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Eugene Y. Park <epa@sas.upenn.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:51 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [KS] Photos of Russian military instructors in Imperial Korea<br> </font><div></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414081274243_18628"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414081274243_18627"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414081274243_18637" class="y_msg_container"><br>Dear colleagues,<br><br>I am looking for some pictures of Russian military instructors in <br>Imperial Korea before the Russo-Japanese War, and all I am finding so <br>far on the web (after an admittedly quick search) is the attached photo. <br>Does anyone have any information on this photo (i.e. authenticity, date, <br>place, circumstances)?<br><br>Thank you in advance,<br><br>Gene<br><br>Eugene Y. Park<br>Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History<br>Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies<br>University of Pennsylvania<br><a href="http://www.history.upenn.edu/people/faculty/eugene-y-park" target="_blank">http://www.history.upenn.edu/people/faculty/eugene-y-park</a><br><br><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>