Full-length seated studio portrait of a woman, holding a fan and with one foot resting on a footstool. To her left stands a table with a bonsai tree. With contemporary printed label: 'No.8. - A Shanghai Woman. And here she is in the dress of the period.'
Numbered 627 in the negative. Full-length standing studio portrait of a Japanese man, wearing western evening dress and a top hat, posed in the act of drawing on a pair of white gloves. Studio props consist of a western chair, column and curtains.
Hong Kong was visited by the compiler of this album from 3-8 March 1879. Full-length portrait of two young Chinese women seated on either side of a small table in front of a painted backdrop.
Full-length studio portrait group of men, women and childdren seated at table for a meal. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'No. 38. - A Chow-Chow Party. Here we have a group singularly well employed. We introduce it as a further illustration of the ordinary dress of the working clas...