Huashana 花沙納, Second Imperial Commissioner, Shanghai

Huashana 花沙納, Second Imperial Commissioner, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-198

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-198. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-084b. Huashana 花沙納 a Mongol, along with He Guiqing 何桂清, and Guiliang 桂良, a Manchu, had been sent to Shanghai to negotiate tariff rates. Photograph by William Jocelyn, taken at the British Consulate, Shanghai. A wood engraving of this image (flipped) was published in 1859 in 'Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan' by Laurence Oliphant, entitled 'Hwashana, Second Imperial Commissioner'. See 'History of Photography in China 1842-1860' by Terry Bennett, pages 137. See VH01-058 and VH02-200.

Caption in album or on mount

Hwa sha na - Imp: Commis. / 1858

Location

Shanghai

Date

Saturday 30 October 1858

Photographer

Jocelyn, William

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath