Binchun and E.C. Bowra at the Stockholm Exhibition, Sweden, July 1866
Collection
Identifier
Ha-n01
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ha-n01. This photograph was taken in the Gustafsberg section of the Art and Industrial Art Exhibition (Konst och industriutställningen) in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 1866. Gustafsberg was a major manufacturer of porcelain and ceramic goods. The person seated in the middle is Binchun, a Qing diplomat of Manchu origin, who visited Europe in 1866. According to Binchun's diary, he visited Sweden 6-12 July that year and the Exhibition on 10th July. The man standing on the right in the photograph is Edward Charles MacIntosh Bowra (1841-1874). The man standing on the left could be Prince Oscar, later King Oscar II, who showed Binchun around the Stockholm Exhibition. Binchun's name used to be romanised Pin-ch'un, hence the original caption: "The Pin Mission, Stockholm, 1866".
Caption in album or on mount
The Pin Mission, Stockholm, 1866
Location
Date
Tuesday 10 July 1866
Material
Negative
Media
Black and white photograph
