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.
Whampoa was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th February 1879. General view of rows of local boats with corrugated roofs, docked along the river bank.
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...
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...
Canton was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th February, 1879. Two part panorama showing in the left foreground a two-storeyed building with a walled garden and rows of buildings behind it. Towards the right, canoes, junks and sailing boats are visible.