Robert George Sillar, merchant and photographer, Shanghai

Robert George Sillar, merchant and photographer, Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-116

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-116. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-044b. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Robert George Sillar (1827-1902) was a merchant at Sillar Brothers, based in Shanghai for several years from c.1856. He was a friend of William Vacher, a fellow Shanghai amateur photographer. Several photographs taken in and around Shanghai, and signed with Sillar’s initials, are in two photograph albums held by the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, Bath, England. It is probable that several other photographs in these two albums (HPC refs: VH01 and VH02) were also taken by Sillar. Photograph by William Vacher. See 'History of Photography in China, 1842-1860' by Terry Bennett, pages 69-75. See VH02-117. See also VH02-023.

Caption in album or on mount

R.G. Sillar / 5/58 / W.

Location

Shanghai

Date

May 1858

Photographer

Vacher, William

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath