Fangta (Square) Pagoda and city walls, Qingpu, Shanghai

Fangta (Square) Pagoda and city walls, Qingpu, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH01-059

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH01-059. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L03826-027. This photograph has been cut to remove some of the sky area. Fangta Pagoda (方塔园 Fāngtǎyuán), also known as the Square Pagoda, in the south-east of Songjiang, 235 East Zhongshan Road, Qingpu, Shanghai. Tsingpoo (Ch'ing-pu), is now Qingpu. 

Caption in album or on mount

Tsingpoo - Pagodah & City Walls / on route to Hills

Location

Qingpu

Estimated Date

1850s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath