‘Wedding procession’, Shanghai

Collection
Identifier
Os04-013
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Os04-013. Photo from an album (UoB reference Os04) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference MS 380 876/4. Banners request "Be Quiet!" and "Give Way!". A variant photograph by William Saunders, taken at the same place, is reproduced in 'History of Photography in China, Western Photographers 1861-1879' by Terry Bennett, on page 332. The same boys with banners also appear in Os04-014. See Os04-019 (which is another staged photograph taken at the same open space, said to be Songjiang District, Shanghai).
Caption in album or on mount
Wedding Procession
Caption on photograph
47
Location
Estimated Date
1870
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph