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

Collection
Identifier
VH01-016
Copyright
© Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
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
Date
Tuesday 15 June 1858
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath