A Commercial Bank shroff and friends, posed 'at tea and tobacco' in a garden

A Commercial Bank shroff and friends, posed 'at tea and tobacco' in a garden

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-097

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-097. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-035a. The 'Shroff' (i.e. a coin cashier or bank worker), sitting on the left, is the Compradore of the Commercial Bank - see VH02-056. The man sitting in the middle might be the compradore depicted in VH01-017.

Caption in album or on mount

Commercial Bank Shroff and Friends "At Tea & tobacco" in Garden

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1850s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath