2008 prc benefit auction

96. Frederick Harris Jewell
Street Scene, Mukden, Manchuria, China, circa 1920s, contemporary print
Inkjet Print on Moab Watercolor Paper
18 x 12 inches
Courtesy of John D. Cornelius
Retail Value: $250

Frederick Harris Jewell lived in Shanghai, China between 1921 and 1937. He arrived there at age 24, and traveled to points north including Manchuria, Mongolia, and Chosen (Korea). He carried a Graflex B camera wherever he traveled, documenting hand painted tobacco ads and people. Photographer John Cornelius has assembled Jewell's images and artifacts and created the F. H. Jewell Archive.