William Edward ('Little Willie') Vacher, asleep in the lap of an amah, Shanghai

William Edward ('Little Willie') Vacher, asleep in the lap of an amah, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH01-016

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH01-016. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L03826-005c. William Edward (‘Little Willie’) Vacher was born in Shanghai on 26 August 1857 and died in London in February 1863, aged five. The woman is wearing a thimble (which looks like a ring) on a finger on her right hand. See VH02-063 (another print from the same negative).

Caption in album or on mount

W. E. V. 1858

Location

Shanghai

Date

Tuesday 15 June 1858

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath