Thomas Hanbury, Shanghai
Collection
Identifier
VH02-076
Copyright
© 2014 Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-076. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-022b. Photograph taken outside the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China (see VH02-123). Sir Thomas Hanbury (1832-1907) was an English businessman, gardener, and philanthropist. Arriving in Shanghai in 1853, he started Hanbury & Co., merchants in tea and silk. Hanbury diversified into currency trading and cotton broking, to become extremely wealthy and the largest property holder in Shanghai. He built the Giardini Botanici Hanbury at Mortala, Italy. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hanbury and https://twitter.com/MOFBACN/status/1630045575738433538. See also 'Letters of Sir Thomas Hanbury' (1913).
Caption in album or on mount
T. Hanbury. 4/59
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Location
Date
April 1859
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath
