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1. Photo 1116/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1
Title:
Crofton Collection: Hongkong and Canton 1880-1890. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Half-leather and red buckram bound album, measuring 415x302mm, stamped 'Hongkong and Canton 1880-1890' in gold on front cover, containing 68 albumen prints of views in Hong Kong and Canton. A few of the views towards the end of the album date from after 1890 and were probably added after the bul...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
68 items

2. Photo 1116/1(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(68)
Title:
Chinaman, Hong Kong. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a Chinese man carrying firewood on a yoke carried across his shoulders. [Albumen print, 208x135mm]. Subjects = Chinese (ethnic group)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1116/1(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(51)
Title:
Chinese Temple, Hong Kong. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of building, with hillside behind. [Albumen print, 149x105mm]. Subjects = Chinese architecture; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1116/1(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(52)
Title:
Chinese Temple, Hong Kong. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of entrance porch. [Albumen print, 144x109mm]. Subjects = Chinese architecture; temples
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1116/1(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(56)
Title:
View in Hong Kong. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Village scene. [Albumen print, 146x105mm]. Subjects = villages
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1116/1(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(46)
Title:
Canton pawn shops. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of pawnshops, two tall brick buildings. [Albumen print, 234x261mm]. Subjects = Chinese architecture; pawnshops
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1116/1(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(62)
Title:
Hong Kong. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking up the hillside towards houses on Richmond Terrace. [Albumen print, 288x206mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; private houses
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1116/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(36)
Title:
No. 284. Canton. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the rooftops of the city. The letterpress caption note reads: 'The streets of the native city are so very narrow and irregular that a general view of it shows nothing but house-tops, and to secure even this is a matter of difficulty, the one we h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1116/1(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(44)
Title:
Canton. Chinese grave. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of alarge grave. The accompanying letterpress caption note reads: 'No. 238. Chinese are very careful in selecting grave which often led to a clan-fight. They do so by consulting a necromancer, and the spot chosen must be on the hill facing the south, so far...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1116/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1116/1(16)
Title:
Banyan tree, Hong Kong. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of banyan tree in the public gardens. [Albumen print, 278x219mm]. Subjects = banyans; public gardens; trees & plants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 item