Silver Island, River Yangtsze. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the water towards the island: '...We proceed for about 140 miles up the river [from Shanghai] to Chinkiang [Zhenjiang]. A few miles below that city we pass the mouth of the Grand Canal, perhaps the greatest of the public works in China ... Here i...
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of a section of the waterfront of Jiujiang: 'The buildings in the background ... comprise the house and offices of Messrs. Russell and Co., a firm whose splendid steamers have contributed greatly to develope the traffic on the Yangtsze. In the foregro...