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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Name Lai Afong, 1840-1900

1. Photo 337/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2
Title:
Album of views of the Hong Kong and Macao Typhoon of 1874. Photographer(s): Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Green and maroon half-leather bound album (binding weak, spine piece and front cover detached) measuring 308x408mm. Prints, generally in good condition, are mounted on recto one to a page with descriptive letterpress captions pasted beneath. A letterpress sheet entitled 'The Typhoon of September...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1874
Extent:
47 items

2. Photo 337/2(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(1)
Title:
Her Majesty's Ship 'Flamer' ashore [Victoria, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'This view represents Her Majesty's Ship 'Flamer' ashore. She was an old wooden ship, and had been stationed at Hong Kong for some years. She had been used as a hospital ship, but was dismantled shortly before the typhoon. She became a complete wreck. The disconnected p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 337/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(2)
Title:
Destruction of Douglas Lapraik's Wharf [Victoria, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'One of the finest wharves in Hong Kong was that of Messrs. Douglas Lapraik and Co., stretching from the Praya Central. The above sketch shows its appearance after the Typhoon. It was broken by drifting steamers. Beyond the wharf may be seen the masts of sunken vessels....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 337/2(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(3)
Title:
Effects of the Typhoon amongst the shipping [Victoria, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'Some of the terrible effects of the Typhoon amongst the shipping in the Harbour may be gathered from the above sketch. Close in shore, with her stern under water, is the Spanish steamer Albay; a little beyond, all submerged except her masts, is the Leonor, another Span...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 337/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(4)
Title:
Another view of the shipping disasters [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'This sketch, taken from the Praya Central, gives another view of the shipping disasters already exhibited. The partly sunken steamers and the damaged barque, the destroyed wharf of Messrs. Douglas Lapraik & Co., and the part demolition of the massive stone wharf re...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 337/2(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(5)
Title:
Destruction of property on the Praya [Victoria, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'This view represents the part of the Praya to the west, near the premises of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The typhoon seemed peculiarly destructive in this neiighbourhood. A large portion of the Praya wall was washed down, and the coping stones...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 337/2(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(6)
Title:
The Praya - near the Canton Wharf [Victoria, Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'This view, showing the part of the praya near the Canton Wharf, further illustrates the immense destruction caused in this neighbourhood. Not only was the Praya wall washed away, but the thoroughfare itself, from its damaged state, and the thrown-up rubbish, was at pla...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 337/2(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(7)
Title:
Damage to the village of Aberdeen and Dock [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Showing a portion of the Aberdeen Dock. This view joins with print 8 to form a panorama. 'The village of Aberdeen, ahown in the above sketch, is pleasantly situated on the south side of the island of Hong Kong. Near to it is a very fine dock, belonging to the Hong Kong ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 337/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(8)
Title:
Further destruction near the Aberdeen Dock [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Joins with print 7 to form a panoramic view of the dock. 'This view shows more especially the damage to the head of Aberdeen Dock. The houses and other property on shore are also seen to have fared very badly. All that was left, on the morning of the typhoon, of some of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 337/2(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/2(9)
Title:
A third view of the destruction at Aberdeen Dock [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events 'The building, the ruins of which are here represented, was a workshop, and used in connection with the dock. The typhoon left it indeed but a ruin, the whole roof and parts of the wall being gone. The sketches depicting the effect of the storm near this spot show at a ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c Sep 1874
Extent:
1 item