Historical Photographs of China

H.H. Wiggins' houseboat at Grove Hill (細林山), near Shanghai

H.H. Wiggins' houseboat at Grove Hill (細林山), near Shanghai

Collection

Vacher-Hilditch

Identifier

VH02-034

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 in album or on mount

Boat at Hills

Location

Shanghai

Date

November 1858

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath