Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH03-71. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L00381-043. See 'History of Photography in China - Western Photographers 1861-1879' by Terry Bennett (Quaritch 2010), page 20, where a similar photograph of The Zhenhai Tower (鎭海樓 Chen-hai-lou, Zen hai lou, Zhenhai lou), at the north end of the Canton (Guangzhou) city walls, is captioned 'Five Storied Pagoda, And Old Fort, Canton'. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhenhai_Tower_(Guangzhou). See AB-s01, HR01-063, Hv40-52, Tr02-084 and UB01-15.

Caption in album or on mount

FIVE STORY PAGODA CANTON. / 43

Location

Guangzhou

Estimated Date

1870

Tags

• architecture
• pagoda
• tower
• Canton
• landmark
• Vacher-Hilditch
• Vacher
• Hilditch

Photographer

Floyd, William Pryor

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath

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