Gravestone for Frederick Tozer, The Old Cemetery, Shanghai

Gravestone for Frederick Tozer, The Old Cemetery, Shanghai

Collection

Fry, John Gurney

Identifier

Fr01-127

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Fr01-127. Inscription on gravestone: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MR FREDERICK TOZER / ACCOUNTANT IN THE SERVICE OF THE / ORIENTAL BANK / HE WAS BORN AT CAMBERWELL / LONDON MAY 22 [..] AND DIED AT SHANGHAE AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS SEPTEMBER 1853 IN HIS [..] YEAR / THE PURITY [..] KINDNESS OF HIS HEART AND THE [..] AND FIRMNESS OF HIS CHR[ISTIAN] [...] ENDEARED HIM TO [...]. Inscription on footstone: F.T. 1853. Fr01-127 is a detail from Fr01-124. The Old Cemetery is usually now referred to as the Shantung Road Cemetery. See also Fr01-125 and Fr01-126.

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1860-1870

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

University of Bristol Library, Special Collections

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