COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL16060042
Reference Number:
EHP/13/62
Series Title:
E. H. Parker MSS - Photographs of China
Parent Work Title:
Dragon boat, Guangzhou (Canton)
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Description:
Photograph of a scene in Guangzhou, showing a river packed with boats, including a dragon boat. In the background, on the opposite shore, can be seen a large church. Parker's note on reverse: 10A, [] illustrates most vividly several[?] stories[?]'. This photo was reproduced in Parker's book 'John Chinaman', facing p. 98, where it is accompanied by the label, 'Looking Down the Canton River, (Cathedral to left; "flower-boats" and dragon-boat for racing to right.)' The cathedral is the Sacred Heart (Catholic) Cathedral, which was completed in 1888.
Subject:
China--Description and travel.
Subject:
Photography--China
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
China: Canton: Guangzhou
Item Height:
205 mm
Item Width:
276 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2016-06-03
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2016-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
