Guy Hillier knitting, with his wife Ella and their cat Carpentier, Balizhuang, near Beijing

Guy Hillier knitting, with his wife Ella and their cat Carpentier, Balizhuang, near Beijing

Collection

Richard Family

Identifier

EH01-343

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: EH01-343. Edward Guy Hillier (1857-1924) and Ella (Eleanor) Isabella Hillier, née Richard (1879-1963). Florence is holding their cat, named Carpentier, presumably after the artist Évariste Carpentier (1845 – 1922); see 'Un panier de richards' - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Un_panier_de_richards_(Evariste_Carpentier).jpg). Guy is knitting. Photograph taken during the late autumn (fall) of 1921, at the Buddhist monastery at Palichuang (Balizhuang), in the Western Hills, Peking (Beijing). See EH01-289.

Caption in album or on mount

Self, Carpentier, & Guy, Pa-li-chuang / late autumn, 1921.

Location

Beijing

Date

1921

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph