'King of the Beggars', Shanghai

'King of the Beggars', Shanghai

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Pe01-047. This photograph of the ‘King of the Beggars’, or the Chief of a Beggar Guild, was probably taken in or near Shanghai - maybe at Longhua Temple? See another photograph of him in ‘Things Seen in China’ by J.R. Chitty (Seeley & Co, London, 1909). See JC-s176, JC-s179 and JC-s369.

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1900-1915

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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