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China
Views of China

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographers: Lai Afong (1839-1890), William Pryor Floyd (1834-1900), Herbert Elgar Hobson (1844-1922), and others. Views of Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton, and Macao. 1880s. 12 albumen prints, mounted to board. Each ca. 21 x 28 cm (mounts ca. 31 x 27 cm). Most annotated in black ink below the image on the mount.

This selection of photographs comprises views of Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton (Guangzhou), and Macao, alongside some portraits - among them office workers in traditional Chinese dress and palanquin bearers. Also included are a two-part panorama of the Shamian (Shameen) settlement in Canton, as well as views of the Pazhou (Pachao) Pagoda and the Hoi Tong (Hainan) Temple in Canton. – Boards slightly soiled, some fading especially along the edges of prints, otherwise in good to very good condition.