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1. Photo 1182

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182
Title:
Robert Crisp Hurley, Pictures of Canton (Hongkong: 1904). Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
Small landscape volume measuring 159 x 233 mm, paper-covered boards, decorated with title and dragon, containing 2 pp. of text (comprising a brief introduction by Hurley and a list of the photographs), followed by 16 views of Canton (Guangzhou), mounted on card one to a page (recto and verso), w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
16 items

2. Photo 1182(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(1)
Title:
Bird's-eye view over the Chu-kiang or Pearl River.— Canton River. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking along the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) at Canton, busy with local craft and with the twin towers of the Roman Catholic Cathedral visible in the distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1182(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(2)
Title:
Slipper-boats at the steamer wharf, with pawn-shop in distance [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking down onto local slipper boats moored at the wharf, with the distinctive square form of a Canton pawnshop rising on the skyline beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1182(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(3)
Title:
View over the city [of Canton] looking east. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking across rooftops towards a line of pawnshops in the distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1182(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(4)
Title:
The English Bridge from British Shameen to the city [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking along the canal towards the stone bridge, with local craft moored in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1182(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(5)
Title:
The Kui-kui Bridge in the Western Suburb [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking along the canal, crowded with local craft, towards the bridge and buildings beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1182(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(6)
Title:
The East Wall with the Fatal Creek [Canton]. (China War 1858-61). Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the east wall of the city, with the creek in the foreground, the scene of military activity during the war of 1858-60.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1182(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(7)
Title:
The British Cemetery under the East Wall [Canton].—In Memoriam 1858-61. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View of graves in the small military cemetery at the foot of the east wall of the city.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1182(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(8)
Title:
The Emperor's Temple containing the tablet, 'May the Emperor reign ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years' [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
General view, looking along the pathway to the facade of the building.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1182(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(9)
Title:
The Temple of Confucius [Canton]—the great Chinese philosopher and moral teacher of which every department must have one. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View across the courtyard towards the main building of the temple. A somewhat faded print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item