Xue Huan (薛煥), Shanghai Daotai
Collection
Identifier
VH01-054
Copyright
© Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH01-054. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L03826-024b. Xue Huan (薛煥), a native of Sichuan province, served as Daotai from 1857 to 1859. Photograph by William Jocelyn, taken at the British Consulate, Shanghai. A wood engraving of this image (flipped) was published in 1859 in ‘Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan’ by Laurence Oliphant - see ‘History of Photography in China 1842-1860’ by Terry Bennett, page 136. This photograph is reproduced in ‘History of Photography in China 1842-1860’ by Terry Bennett, on page 128. See VH02-189 (another print).
Caption in album or on mount
'Taou-tai' or Principal Magistrate / of Shanghae
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Location
Date
Saturday 30 October 1858
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
