Burlesque: 'Babes in the Wood', 1888
Collection
Identifier
Os01-008
Copyright
© 2008 SOAS
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Os01-008. Photo from an album (UoB reference Os01) kept in the School of Oriental and African Studies Archives, London (SOAS reference MS 380 876/1). The 'scale of Charges’ reads as follows: WRITING TO THE GROCER 26; ANONYMOUS EXPRESS 10 DOWN; MUZZLING AN EDITOR DITTO; ASSISTING 555 COURT DITTO; MEMBERS TO AVOID A FINE A JOEY; TEARING DRESS TROUSERS AT A JAMBOREE £1 LOWEST; RUNNING A CIRCUS IN A CLUB LETTERS TO COMMITTEE, OIL CLOTH, ETC £12; CLEARING FOR NEXT BUT ONE OF KIN THE WAY £1 PER DIEM. Probably in Foochow or Amoy.
Caption in album or on mount
Burlesque 1888.
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London
