Kuo Sung-Tao, first Chinese envoy to Great Britain wetness Shepherds Bush London W

Shepherds Bush London W

On the left is the equestrian statue Charles I located at Charing Cross

Also showing two figures

Actor Richard Briers seen here at his West London home

Kuo Sung-Tao, first Chinese envoy to Great Britain wetness Shepherds Bush London WKuo Sung Tao, first Chinese envoy to Great Britain, 1880. In 1875 he was commissioned by the Chinese Government to be the first diplomat that China had sent to a foreign country, and established himself at the Court of St James's, London. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield,