Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: He01-068. Photograph from an album (UoB reference He01) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference PP MS 82/13). The photograph shows part of the Yifeng gate in the city walls, Nanking (Nanjing).  Edward Butts Howell (1979-1952), IMCS/CMCS employee and plant collector. 'Indigofera howellii' from NW Yunnan and NE Myanmar (Burma) is named after E.B. Howell. See He01-082.

Caption in album or on mount

E.B.Howell I Têng Gate, Nanking. R.F.C.H.

Location

Nanjing

Estimated Date

1899-1903

Tags

• Maritime
• leisure
• child
• street
• Imperial
• bicycle
• Service
• tower
• drum
• Nanking
• CMCS
• Chinese
• Customs
• IMCS
• recreation
• botany
• botanist

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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