Language: Not applicable / Subject: East Asian Ethnic Groups / Place: Shanghai, China - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1188(18)
Title:: Rich native bazaars on Nankin Road, principal Chinese street in the English Settlement, Shanghai. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:: View facing eastward down Nankin Road, lined with stores.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1188(19)
Title:: Looking across Nankin Road to a native tea-house, Shanghai, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:: View of Nankin Road, in the European quarter of Shanghai.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1188(20)
Title:: Where Shanghai's wealthy natives pass the time—Chinese tea house, China. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:: Interior view of a tea house, furnished with low tables with marble tops, square stools, glass lanterns, and mirrors. Inside, there are several men sitting around the tables. On the table in centre are two water-pipes.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1188(21)
Title:: One of China'a most terrible methods of death punishment, Shanghai. Photographer: James Ricalton for Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:: From the photographer's (Ricalton) note printed on back of the card: 'This notorious pirate killed several persons. The last offense was the gouging out of a man's eyes. He is placed in this cage with with planks coming snugly around his neck; several flat stones are placed under his feet. He st...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1900
Extent:: 1 item

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