Historical Photographs of China

Photographer’s tent beside a straw shelter, near the entrance to the Bankers' Glen, Fuzhou

Photographer’s tent beside a straw shelter, near the entrance to the Bankers' Glen, Fuzhou

Collection

Fry, John Gurney

Identifier

Fr01-180

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Fr01-180. This image is a detail/extract/crop of Fr01-083. The latter is Lai Afong's No. 107: ‘Entrance to the Bankers' Glen, view to the right looking up Yuen-fo River.’ The Yuen Foo river (or Yongfu He) is now known as Dazhangxi (Dazhang Xi). The photographer’s portable darkroom tent can be seen by a straw shelter, with an attendant. There is a group of people standing in the field. See Fr01-083.

Caption in album or on mount

VIEWS ON THE YUEN-FU BRANCH OF THE MIN

Location

Fuzhou

Estimated Date

1869

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections