C.S. Compton, Editor and Proprietor of the 'North-China Herald'

C.S. Compton, Editor and Proprietor of the 'North-China Herald'

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-115

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-115.  Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-044a. This print has been cut out around the outline of the figure of the portrait sitter. C.S. Compton acquired control of the newspaper on 24th May 1856, after the death on 22nd March 1856 of the previous publisher and editor Henry Spearman.

Caption in album or on mount

C.S. Compton "Our Editor"

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1856-1860

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath

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