• Felice Beato (photographer)

Vignette of junks and other sailing ships on the Wusong Jiang (also known as Suzhou River) showing buildings in the background, Shanghai, China

between 1860 and 1861, or 1870

- A hand-written table of contents accompanies album PH1981:0620:001-081.

Albumen silver print, retouched

comp.: 19.8 x 26.5 cm secondary support: 52.5 x 36.0 cm

PH1981:0620:045

• exterior view

numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the print, l.l.: "52." inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink [?], on the sheet, verso, u.l.: "Entrance of / Soochow Creek / Shanghai" [seen in mirror image through recto of photograph] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "5[2]" [cut off] inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.c.: "R" [circled]

Shanghai; China;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• river
• buildings
• boats
• sailing ships
• junks