Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-015. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-005b. The Feng wen Hills were between Qingpu and the suburban Songjuiang district of modern Shanghai, 20 miles west of old Shanghai. Photograph by Robert Sillar. Reproduced in History of Photography in China 1842-1860 by Terry Bennett (Quaritch, 2009), on page 72. The pagoda is also in HD-s05, HD-s06HD-s36, LD01-050, VH02-092, VH02-165, VH02-171VH02-174 and VH02-227.

Caption on mount
Old Pagoda at Hills Shanghae 1857 / R.G.S.
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Location
Date
1857
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath