The sitting room in Dr John Preston Maxwell's house, Toa Bo, near Zhangpu

The sitting room in Dr John Preston Maxwell's house, Toa Bo, near Zhangpu

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx02-080. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/1 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). On the mantelpiece is a pair of photographs of Dr John Preston Maxwell’s parents, Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell Sr. (1836-1921) and his wife Mary Anne. Pictures above the mantelpiece include King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, and 'The Fighting Temeraire' by J.M.W. Turner.

Caption in album or on mount

Sitting Room. Toā Bō

Location

Zhangpu

Estimated Date

1902

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham

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