Horatio Nelson Gray, captain of the Yangtze River steamer ‘Fire Queen’

Horatio Nelson Gray, captain of the Yangtze River steamer ‘Fire Queen’

Collection

Drew, Edward Bangs

Identifier

Hv35-20

Notes

Historical Photographs of China album reference: Hv35. Edward Bangs Drew album of carte-de-visite portraits. Subject: Born in North Yarmouth, Maine, Captain Horatio Nelson Gray (1829-1882) commanded the freight and passenger service steamer "Fire Queen" on the Yangtze River in China from 1868 until sometime in the 1870s when he returned to the United States. Provenance: Purchased from Lucy Drew, 1949. Access to original photographs and albums in the Edward Bangs Drew Collection is restricted. Photographs and images from the collection may be reproduced only with written permission. Contact the Harvard-Yenching Library for permissions and fees.

Caption in album or on mount

Capt. Horatio N. Gray--str 'Fire Queen', 1868

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Harvard-Yenching Library, USA

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