William Edward ('Little Willy') Vacher asleep on the lap of a Chinese woman

William Edward ('Little Willy') Vacher asleep on the lap of a Chinese woman

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-063

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-063. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-019h. 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 VH01-016 (another print).

Caption in album or on mount

Wm E. V / 15/6/58

Location

Shanghai

Date

Tuesday 15 June 1858

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath

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