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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1224 Level [41] Item

381. Photo 1224/3(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(52)
Title:
[A young Chinese girl]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Carte de visite size studio portrait of a girl, her right arm resting on a table on which a vase with flowers stands.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

382. Photo 1224/3(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(53)
Title:
The Original Chignon. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Full-length deated studio portrait of a girl, her right arm resting on a table on which stands a vase of flowers. In her left hand she holds a fan. With contemporary printed descriptive label:. 'No. 48.- The Original Chignon. Our artist has introduced this figure chiefly in order to give a view ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

383. Photo 1224/3(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(54)
Title:
Canton Woman. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated studio portrait of a young woman, holding a fan; with a table and vase to the right of the image. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No. 49.- A Canton Woman. In No. 25 we presented a young lady from Canton, whose dress bore some marks of foreign influence. Here, h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

384. Photo 1224/3(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(55)
Title:
Actors. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of four Chinese actors, in costume.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 item

385. Photo 1224/3(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(56)
Title:
Magistrate's Court. Photographer: Saunders, W.
Scope & Content:
Studio re-enactment of a Chinese trial scene. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.30.- A Court Scene. The presiding magistrate occupies the bench, and on either side are his clerks. The prosecutor, who, in this instance, holds some small official preferment, is seated to the right ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

386. Photo 1224/3(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(57)
Title:
Men in Cangue. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of two men, undergoing the punishment of the 'cangue'. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No.31.-The Cangue. The kia, or cangue, is a wooden frame, weighing about 201lbs, which is bolted round the neck of criminals convicted of certain minor offences. It rests on ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

387. Photo 1224/3(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(58)
Title:
An Execution. Photographer: Saunders, W.
Scope & Content:
With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No. 32.- Decapitation. Our artist has seized the moment when the culprit, half stupefied with opium, having been shot out of the cage or basket in which he has reached the ground, has his queue firmly grasped and pulled over his head by a man who wil...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

388. Photo 1224/3(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(59)
Title:
Mandarins. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-length hand-tinted studio portrait of a Chinese government official, wearing silk robes and a headdress.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 item

389. Photo 1224/3(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(60)
Title:
Mandarins. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
A full-length seated group portrait of mandarins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1875
Extent:
1 item

390. Photo 1224/3(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(61)
Title:
Macoa.[Macao]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Macao was visited by the compiler of this album between 1st and 3rd March, 1879. Three-part panorama of Macao. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'Macao. No.382.- Panorama of Macao. The view was taken from the Penha Hills- on the extreme right are the Garrison Quarters and St. Francis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item