WILLIAM PRYOR FLOYD (1834-circa 1900) Comprador. Albumen print, the image measuring 10 5/8x8 3/8 inches (27x21.3 cm.), the mount 17x12 1/4 inches (43.2x31.1 cm.). Circa 1868-70
Floyd joined the Hong Kong studio Silveira & Co. in 1866-67, and soon became its owner. His "Victoria Photographic Gallery" was located on Queen's Road Central. Terry Bennett describes the studio as "one of the most successful commercial operations of its kind in the Far East" (Bennett, History of Photography in China, Western Photographers 1861-1879), but by 1875 Floyd moved to the Philippines.
