John Samuel Swire, c.1897

John Samuel Swire, c.1897

Collection

Swire, G. Warren

Identifier

Sw09-056

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw09-056. From a dark blue cloth ‘Film Negative Album’,12 cm x 16 cm. This album (Sw09) was labelled ‘P2/VII’ on the back cover. This is a photograph of John Samuel Swire (1825-1898) and the photograph may well have been taken at Leighton House, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, shortly before his death. The photographer, George Warren Swire (son of John Samuel Swire), would have been a teenager, and this is one of his early photographic efforts.

Location

England

Estimated Date

1896 - 1898

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London