Portion of foreign settlement, Foochow. Graves in foreground

Portion of foreign settlement, Foochow. Graves in foreground

Collection

Drew, Edward Bangs

Identifier

Hv36-10

Notes

Historical Photographs of China album reference: Hv36. Views in China. An album presented by Edward Bangs Drew to his wife Anna Davis Drew. Inscription: Inscribed on verso: Kuslaw, 129. General note: Title from album caption. Provenance: Purchased from Lucy Drew, 1949. Subject: Connected by bridge to Fuzhou, Nantai island on the Min River was a foreign settlement and trading center established when Fuzhou was made a treaty port after the Opium War of 1840-1842. Access to original photographs and albums in the Edward Bangs Drew Collection is restricted. Photographs and images from the collection may be reproduced only with written permission. Contact the Harvard-Yenching Library for permissions and fees. Further information about the library and the ‘Edward Bangs Drew Chinese Maritime Customs Service Photographs’: http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/edward_bangs_drew.cfm

Location

Fuzhou

Estimated Date

1876 or 1877

Photographer

Tung Hing

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Harvard-Yenching Library, USA