Two shrine figures in Jing'an Temple, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
Pe01-030
Copyright
© 2008 Dr. Elizabeth Hensel
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Pe01-030. A photograph of the two figures was published on page 32 of Revd Charles Darwent’s Shanghai guidebook (‘Shanghai: a handbook for travellers and residents to the chief objects of interest in and around the foreign settlement and native city’). Darwent describes the figures as two of the four brothers, or four heavenly kings, or four diamonds.
Caption on photograph
No 22
Location
Estimated Date
1880-1900
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
