Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman and students, Girls' School, Shanghai

Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman and students, Girls' School, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-222

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-222. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-092a. Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman (Mrs Bridgman) (1805-1871), Protestant missionary and educationalist, was the  wife of Rev. E.C. Bridgman. Photograph by William Jocelyn. This photograph is reproduced on page 132 of 'History of Photography in China 1842-1860' by Terry Bennett (Quaritch, 2009). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Jane_Gillett_Bridgman and http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/a-c/bridgman-eliza-jane-gillett-1805-1871/. See VH01-065 (another print) and VH02-109.

Caption in album or on mount

Mrs Bridgman's Girl's School 3/59

Location

Shanghai

Date

March 1859

Photographer

Jocelyn, William

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath