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81. Photo 1224/3(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(49)
Title:
[Two Chinese girls]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length hand tinted studio portrait of two girls, one seated on a chair holding a stringed instrument, the other standing beside her. In the background are four banners with Chinese inscriptions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 1224/3(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(50)
Title:
[Two Chinese women]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length hand tinted studio portrait of two women seated at a table. In the background are two banners with Chinese inscriptions a painting.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

83. 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

84. Photo 1224/3(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(44)
Title:
Interior of Joss House [Canton]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Canton was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th February, 1879. With contemporary descriptive letterpress label: 'No. 50-Mars, Boreas, &c. The truculent fellow on the one side is the God of war; on the other we have the God of wind. These figures must not be taken as r...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 1224/3(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(48)
Title:
Canton. Interior [of a] Flower Boat. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Canton was visited by the compiler of this album between 24th and 28th Februrary, 1879. With contemporary printed descriptive label: 'This represents the saloon of one of these boats, they are magnificiently fitted up in marble. The small room at the back is where the Chinese smoke opium. For a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1875
Extent:
1 item

86. Photo 1224/3(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(51)
Title:
[A young Chinese girl]. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Carte de visite format studio portrait of a girl, standing with her right arm resting on a table.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

87. Photo 1224/3(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/3(4)
Title:
Hong Kong. City Hall, Cathedral and Cricket Ground. Photographer: Lai Afong
Scope & Content:
Hong Kong was visited by the compiler of this album 3-8 March 1879. View looking across the cricket ground towards City Hall and St. John's Cathedral.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

88. 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