Robert George Sillar, merchant and photographer, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
VH02-116
Copyright
© Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-116. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-044b. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Robert George Sillar (1827-1902) was a merchant at Sillar Brothers, based in Shanghai for several years from c.1856. He was a friend of William Vacher, a fellow Shanghai amateur photographer. Several photographs taken in and around Shanghai, and signed with Sillar’s initials, are in two photograph albums held by the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, Bath, England. It is probable that several other photographs in these two albums (HPC refs: VH01 and VH02) were also taken by Sillar. Photograph by William Vacher. See 'History of Photography in China, 1842-1860' by Terry Bennett, pages 69-75. See VH02-117. See also VH02-023.
Caption in album or on mount
R.G. Sillar / 5/58 / W.
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Location
Date
May 1858
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
