Walter Medhurst (head and shoulders)

Black and white photograph, 30cm x 38cm. Note on reverse reads: "Enlarged by Reginald Haines, 4 Southampton Row, WC". Original photograph thought to have been taken by Robert Sillar, in Shanghai, probably in 1856.


Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/Oversize Portraits/8
Date(s) of creation: [c.1856]
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/Oversize Portraits/8
Summary: Black and white photograph, 30cm x 38cm. Note on reverse reads: "Enlarged by Reginald Haines, 4 Southampton Row, WC". Original photograph thought to have been taken by Robert Sillar, in Shanghai, probably in 1856.
Previous numbers: 174
Extent: 1 item
Admin history: Walter Henry Medhurst (1796-1857) served with the London Missionary Society as a printer and missionary in China, 1816-1857.
Custodial history: Image held as part of the LMS Museum (inventory item 174) before being transferred to SOAS Library in January 2008.
Access status: Open
Language: English
Finding aids: Handlist available
Copies: Copy of the full-length portrait taken by Robert Sillar can be seen on the Historical Photographs of China website (identifier VH02-007) https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/vh02-007; original print held by the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, UK.
Format: Archive