(CHINA) Album entitled Hong Kong and Canton containing 14 sc

Sale 2132 - Lot 313

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

(CHINA)
Album entitled "Hong Kong and Canton," containing 14 scenic photographs and a 3-part panorama of Hong Kong. With 7 Cantonese photographs, including a picturesque scene of the bund at Shameen, places of worship (pagodas), and miscellaneous scenes in addition to 4 views of Hong Kong, including the Praya (with the Shanghai Bank), Albany and Public Gardens, Victoria Peak, and Kowlong. Albumen prints, 8 1/4x10 1/2 inches (20.9x26.6 cm.), the panorama measures 8x33 1/2 inches (20.3x85 cm.); 12 with a caption label on mount recto. Oblong 4to, 1/2 morocco and blue cloth, worn. 1880s

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The fold-out panorama of Hong Kong, which measures 8x33 1/2 inches (20.3x85 cm.) was taken from the "Gap," on Victoria Peak, and shows a bird''s eye view of the town and harbor, with Kowlong in the distance.