A falconer with his hawk

A falconer with his hawk

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-055. This photograph of a falconer with a bird of prey, was published on page 1360 in ‘Peoples of All Nations’ (1922), edited by J.A. Hammerton. The captioning is: ‘OUT AFTER WILD FOWL / Falconry has been a popular pastime in China for something like four thousand years. In the East falconers carry their hawk on the right hand / Photo, Camera Craft, Peking’.

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1912-1914

Photographer

Zumbrun, John David

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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