Historical Photographs of China

Entrance to the Bankers' Glen, view to the right looking up the Dazhangxi, near Fuzhou

Entrance to the Bankers' Glen, view to the right looking up the Dazhangxi, near Fuzhou

Collection

Fry, John Gurney

Identifier

Fr01-083

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Fr01-083. This photograph is Lai Afong's No. 107: ‘Entrance to the Bankers' Glen, view to the right looking up Yuen-fo River.’ The Yuen Foo river (or Yongfu He) is now known as Dazhangxi (Dazhang Xi). The photographer’s portable darkroom tent can be seen in the middle foreground. There is a group of people standing in the field. See Fr01-084 and Fr01-180 (which is an extract/detail of Fr01-083).

Caption in album or on mount

VIEWS ON THE YUEN-FU BRANCH OF THE MIN

Location

Fuzhou

Estimated Date

1869

Dimensions

288mm x 228mm

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections