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1. 10057.f.14(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(1)
Title:
Portrait of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Frontispiece. Oval image. Three-quarter length standing portrait of Prince Alfred (1844-1900), Duke of Edinburgh, in naval uniform, with facsimile lithographed signature below image: 'Alfred. Hong Kong 16th Novbr./69.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1869
Extent:
1 item

2. 10057.f.14(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(2)
Title:
Government House [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 2. Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, with Government House and garden on the left and the town of Victoria and harbour and shipping beyond on the right. The photograph was presumably taken around the time of Prince Alfred's visit to H...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

3. 10057.f.14(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(3)
Title:
Queen's Road [Hong Kong], (prepared for illuminations). Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 5. View looking along the street, with houses bedecked with paper lanterns in honour of the visit of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1869
Extent:
1 item

4. 10057.f.14(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(4)
Title:
Chinese street [Hong Kong] (prepared for illuminations). Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 7. View looking along Lyndhurst Terrace, with houses bedecked with paper lanterns in honour of the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh and with a large and ornately-decorated arch in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1869
Extent:
1 item

5. 10057.f.14(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(5)
Title:
Hongkong facing the harbour. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 11. View looking along the Victoria waterfront, presumably around the time of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit, with British commercial premises lining the quayside and sampans and other craft moored at the jetties.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

6. 10057.f.14(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(6)
Title:
The race course and Happy Valley [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 17. General view looking down on the Happy Valley Racecourse, presumably photographed around the time of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Hong Kong.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

7. 10057.f.14(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
10057.f.14(7)
Title:
The City Hall [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Thomson' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Facing p. 21. View of City Hall from the lawn in front of the building, presumably photographed around the time of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Hong Kong. The City Hall was the location for a ball held in Princ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 50582(90)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 50582(90)
Title:
G.B.S. and his host Sir Robert Hotung, Hong Kong, February 1933. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Showing Shaw and Sir Robert Ho Tung posed on the steps of the Ho Tung mansion, where Shaw stayed during his visit to Hong Kong. Shaw is seated on the steps, looking up towards Sir Robert Ho Tung, standing in Chinese dress. Captioned in Shaw's hand on the reverse of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1933
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 51309(8b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 51309(8b)
Title:
Gordon's Chinese Artillery. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of Chinese artillerymen with European officers, posed in the courtyard of a house. The photograph was evidently taken on the same occasion as print 7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 337/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 337/3
Title:
Views in Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Photographer(s): N. L. Miller, (?)Afong (and others?)
Scope & Content:
Black half-leather bound album (somewhat scuffed) measuring 322 x 440 mm, with prints mounted one to a page on recto. Descriptive letterpress caption labels are pasted on the page beneath each print. The differing lengths and typefaces of these captions may indicate the work of different photogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
42 items