A houseboat in a creek, Feng wen shan, near Shanghai

A houseboat in a creek, Feng wen shan, near Shanghai

Collection

Dhoot, Helen

Identifier

HD-s13

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: HD-s13. A foreign woman and a Chinese boatman pose on a houseboat in a creek near a stone beam bridge. Feng wen shan (Feng-Wan-Shan; Feng wen hills), is between Tsing poo (Tsing-poo; Chingpoo; Ch'ing-p'u; now Qingpu) and the suburban Songjiang district of modern Shanghai, 20 miles west of old Shanghai. See HD-s14 (a crop from HD-s13).

Caption in album or on mount

4 View at the Hills (Feng-wen-shan). Vicinity of Shanghai

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1868-1875

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph