Huashana 花沙納, Second Imperial Commissioner, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
VH02-198
Copyright
© Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
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
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Location
Date
Saturday 30 October 1858
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
