The grave of George Smith, Shantung Road Cemetery, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
VH02-035
Copyright
© Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-035. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-011a. The inscription on the grave is: "IN MEMORY OF GEORGE SMITH WHO DIED NOVEMBER [..]TH 185[.] AGED [..] YEARS / I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live […]". (The latter is a quotation from the Bible - John 11:25-26). This is the grave of George Smith, in Shantung Road Cemetery (which was on Shantung Road between Hankow and Kiukiang Roads and is now the Huangpu District Stadium), Shanghai. George Smith died aged 39, on 10th November 1857. See http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=121&GScid=2426215&GRid=98778084&. George Smith, merchant, was a partner at Smith, Kennedy & Co. Also on the Board of Directors of The Colonial Life Assurance Company, in Shanghai ('North China Herald' 2 February 1856).
Caption in album or on mount
George Smith's Grave / Shanghae 1859
Location
Date
1859
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
