A funeral procession along a muddy road, carrying a paper pavillion

A funeral procession along a muddy road, carrying a paper pavillion

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PF01-15. Photograph by John Thomson.The paper structure may have contained the soul tablet and a portrait of the deceased. Unidentified location - perhaps Beijing? See Hv33-112, Hv33-139 and Hv33-153.

Estimated Date

1871

Photographer

Thomson, John

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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