William Saunders (photographer)

William Saunders, Hand Carriage, c. 1865. Hand-coloured albumen silver print. Source: the Stephan Loewentheil China Photography Collection

William Thomas Saunders (1832–1892)[1] was a British-born photographer who settled in China and became the leading photographer in Shanghai during the late Qing dynasty.[2] He was the first photographer known to produce hand-coloured photographs in China.[3]

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  3. ^ Voon, Claire (9 November 2016). "Glimpses of 19th-Century Shanghai in Hand-Colored Photos". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 27 August 2020.