Title

William Chalmers, Swedish merchant and freemason, late 18th or 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

William Chalmers, Swedish merchant and freemason, late 18th or 19th century. The son of a Scottish merchant and his Swedish wife, William Chalmers (1748-1811) was a director of the Swedish East India Company. In 1783 he was appointed the company's representative in Canton, remaining there and in Macau for ten years before returning to Sweden.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historisk Bildbyra

Reference

HRM19D82_097

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

40.5Mo (2.2Mo) / 27.0cm x 37.5cm / 3194 x 4427 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male face man men head industry body Sweden Swedish trade guy century B&W head and shoulders merchant MONOCHROME shipping Industry 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Freemason Freemasonry nineteenth century TGN the body engraving portrait Historisk Bildbyrå Unknown William Chalmers Swedish East India Company William Chalmers engraving portrait