Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the extensive range of buildings, constructed in the late 1860s: 'This Chinese arsenal, of naval training school, as I might more correctly describe it, is to me a very great proof of modern progress in the empire, and marks the dawn of a new era...
Part of Foochow Foreign Settlement. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View from a high position at the upper end of the foreign settlement, looking over the rooftops towards the River Min.
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of five women, posed in front of a doorway and arranged to show details of clothing and hairstyle.