A group posed with a teapot seller, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
VH02-162
Copyright
© Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-162. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-070a. Back row, left to right: Miller and John Cardno (of The Agra and United Service Bank). Front row, left to right: Richard Newby (Agent in Shanghai for the Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China), V.P. Jordan (Bill Broker), Chinese teapot seller, Dr James Forbes (1825-1887, Surgeon on HMS 'Cruizer'). "Miller" may well be John Miller, who is listed in the Shanghae Almanac 1856 in connection with Billiard Room. For more images of the Westerners, see VH01-034, VH01-068, VH02-023, VH02-053, VH02-121, VH02-123, VH02-158, VH02-163 and VH02-215. See also VH02-082 (teapot and crockery vendors).
Caption in album or on mount
R.Newby / Miller / Jordan / Chinese Teapot seller / Cardno / Dr Forbes ("Cruizer")
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Location
Estimated Date
1850s
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
