Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: VH02-034. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution reference: L04357-010d. 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 VH01-008 (another print), VH02-016 and VH02-170. See Shanghai Century by Arthur Hacker (Wattis Fine Art, Hong Kong, 2005), page 57, where a similar image of this boat is captioned "Mr Wiggin's country boat…". H.H. Wiggins worked at the Commercial Bank of India, Shanghai.

Caption on mount
Boat at Hills
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Location
Date
November 1858
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath