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Photo 1116/1

Record Id:

040-003176790

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003176789

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026599950.0x000c24

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

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 bulk of the album had been compiled. The contents of the album can be broken down as follows:

Prints 1-31 Views of Hong Kong, 1880s, including harbour scenes, architecture and a series of views of the Sytram Waterworks. With handwritten captions in ink, and some additional notes identifying specific buildings and roads.

Prints 32-50 Views of Canton, 1880s, with letterpress caption labels pasted beneath the prints.

Prints 51-59 Small format views of Hong Kong, including a series fo prints showing damage caused by the storm of 3 December 1891.

Prints 60-62 Views of Hong Kong, c. 1895, with handwritten captions.

Prints 63-67 Views of the Gap Rock Lighthouse, c. 1893.

Print 68 Portrait study of a Chinese man carrying wood.

These photographs form part of the collection of Denis Hayes Crofton, Indian Civil Service, and his father Richard Hayes Crofton, Colonial Civil Service, Hong Kong and Zanzibar.

Process = Albumen prints

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003176789
040-003176790

Is part of:

Photo 1116 : Crofton Collection: Photographs of Hong Kong, China Ceylon and Zanzibar.

Photo 1116/1 : Crofton Collection: Hongkong and Canton 1880-1890. Photographer(s): Unknown

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003176789[0001]/040-003176790

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

68 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Start Date:

1880

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

1880s-1890s

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 97 mm x 67 mm to 290 mm x 227 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Passed from OIOC European Manuscripts 11 October 2002. Letters and papers from this collection can be found at OIOC Mss Eur F440.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known