A man beside a grave in an old tree, at Grove Hill (細林山), near Shanghai

A man beside a grave in an old tree, at Grove Hill (細林山), near Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH01-037

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH01-037. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L03826-013a. The tree has grown around the old grave, collapsing its arch. Grove Hill or 細林山 (Xi lin shan; Si-lin shán) [Xilin mountain/hill]. Literally the thin/slender forest mountain. Now in Chenshan, Shenshan Town (佘山镇), Songjiang District, Shanghai. See VH02-098, VH02-099 and VH02-169.

Caption in album or on mount

Grave in Old Tree, at Hills

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1850s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath

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