Hopchun, a tea merchant, with a fan, tea bowl and water pipe

Hopchun, a tea merchant, with a fan, tea bowl and water pipe

Collection

Fry, John Gurney

Identifier

Fr01-047

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Fr01-047. Note the uncut fingernails on the Hopchun's left hand, signifying that he did not do manual work. Fr01-047 is a detail from Fr01-046. Photograph very tentatively attributed to Lai Fong (Afong Studio), as suggested by the number written in pencil on the album page (30). See the Lai Fong (Afong Studio) number lists in History of Photography in China, Chinese Photographers 1844-1879 by Terry Bennett (Quaritch 2013), page 312. Hopchun is also in Fr01-117.

Caption in album or on mount

30 / HOPCHUN. TEA MAN.

Estimated Date

1869

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections