A young Chinese girl by a well, Lin Tin, Canton River, 1900 (Gelatine dry plate)

Creator: Kenneth Hurlstone Jones A young Chinese girl standing by a flag-stoned well. She is carrying under her left arm the yoke used to carry the wooden water buckets. One of the buckets, resting on the flag stones, is still attached to the yoke and the other, on her right, has been detached. She is looking at the camera. Behind the girl is a rough dry stone wall separating the well from the building behind. The building is mostly obscured by a tree dominating the top of the photograph. Three other Chinese people are in the shade of the tree to the left of the image. The location of the village of Liu Tui is not known. However, there were villages at Lei Yue Mun in Hong Kong. The reference by Jones to 'Rebecca at the well' relates to The Bible story in Genesis 24 of how Rebecca was chosen by Abraham's servant Eliezer to be Isaac's wife. The original negative envelope was labelled:'Rebecca at the well, Liu Tiu, 19.12.00' and the contact print is labelled 'Rebecca at the well, Liu Tiu, Canton River, 19.12.00'.