Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell Sr. and Mrs Mary Anne Maxwell, with Bûn, Thih, Niû-á and Ngó-á, Taiwan

Dr James Laidlaw Maxwell Sr. and Mrs  Mary Anne Maxwell, with Bûn, Thih, Niû-á and Ngó-á, Taiwan

Collection

Maxwell Family

Identifier

Mx04-001

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx04-001. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/3 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). This photograph is reproduced in 'Notes of Travel in Formosa' by Charles William Le Gendre, edited by Douglas L. Fix and John Shufelt (National Museum of Taiwan History, 2012), on page 195. Douglas L. Fix and John Shufelt note that another print, at SOAS, includes the following captioning information: Left to right: Thih, Dr. Maxwell, Niû-á, Mrs Maxwell, Ngó-á, Bûn ("Bunn"). Douglas L. Fix and John Shufelt also note that the photographer might have been St Julian Hugh Edwards.

Caption in album or on mount

Formosa. Dr. & Mrs. James L. Maxwell with Bunn & servants, one an aborigine

Location

Taiwan

Estimated Date

1870s

Photographer

Edwards, St Julian H.

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham