'Picnic' at the rocking stone, Xiamen

'Picnic' at the rocking stone, Xiamen

Collection

Maxwell Family

Identifier

Mx01-084

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx01-084. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/4 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). The men are posing for the camera, as if having a drink. One man is sitting under the rocking stone... Regrettably, this "wind moving (rocking) stone" was destroyed by the crew of a visiting German warship.

Caption in album or on mount

Amoy. The rocking stone.

Caption on photograph

Amoy / The rocking stone

Location

Xiamen

Estimated Date

1870-1900

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham