Butterfield and Swire lighter on the Yangtze in Yichang
Collection
Identifier
Sw07-090
Copyright
© John Swire & Sons Ltd
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw07-090. G.W. Swire referenced each negative in this album with the prefix G written in India ink. This negative is referenced G63. The album itself has also been archived at some stage with the reference P1/III. In ‘Laughing Diplomat’ (1938), page 316, Daniele Varè describes Yichang and the Chinese characters dug into the soil on the hillside and painted white in c.1910. An advertisement for tonic pills could also mean the prophetic ‘Qing (dynasty) soon to end’.
Caption in album or on mount
Album cover: China B&S, G, Dec. 1928 – June 1929 1-73; 1911-1912, Nos. 74-100. Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 63, one negative: Ichang D Lighters
Location
Estimated Date
December 1928 - June 1929
Photographer
Material
Negative
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London
