A falconer with his hawk
Collection
Identifier
WC01-055
Copyright
© 2016 Historical Photographs of China
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
Estimated Date
1912-1914
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
