Photographer: John Thomson (1837-1921). Creek Life, Pearl River. 1869-70. Albumen print, mounted to original board. 23,5 x 28 cm (mount ca. 30 x 40 cm). Signed in lower left in the negative, titled in ink and pencil in German below the image on the mount.

Terry Bennett. History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861-1879. London: Quaritch 2010, ill. p. 229.