Harry Mason Hillier
Collection
Identifier
Hi-s050
Copyright
© 2014 Andrew Hillier
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Hi-s050. Harry Mason Hillier (1851-1924) arrived in China in 1871, aged 20. He spent forty years there, serving in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and rising to the post of Commissioner, which he held in a range of treaty ports, including in Tianjin (Tientsin) in 1909-1911. Harry Hillier was fluent in Chinese and also a photographer.
Caption in album or on mount
H M Hillier / 20/5/89
Date
Monday 20 May 1889
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
