China—Lai Afong, William Saunders, Dutton & Michaels, and others?Collection of 70 photographs of Hong Kong and Canton, and 2 panoramas of Hong Kong, circa. 1880s (including earlier images) 77 albumen prints, comprising 2 folding panoramas of Hong Kong (3-part, image 188 x 785mm. and 4-part, image 220 x 1105mm.), mounted on card and joined with cloth, and 70 photographs (average 205 x 265mm., or the reverse), individually mounted on card (mounts 328 x 460mm.), all captioned by hand in German in ink on the reverse, some with letterpress captions in English pasted on the reverse, housed in a contemporary fitted buckram box with red label on the spine titled 'China: Hong Kong, Canton', one panorama detached, some fading, spotting and stains, box stained and slightly worn A very good collection of views of Hong Kong (including two panoramas) and Canton, together with portraits of Chinese officials, women, school groups, families, images of everyday life, street scenes, temples, and monuments. PROVENANCE:One of a series of 13 portfolios of travel photographs assembled by a collector/traveller in the 1890s, see also lots 1, 4, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 52 and 159.
China—Lai Afong, William Saunders, Dutton & Michaels, and others?Collection of 70 photographs of Hong Kong and Canton, and 2 panoramas of Hong Kong, circa. 1880s (including earlier images) 77 albumen prints, comprising 2 folding panoramas of Hong Kong (3-part, image 188 x 785mm. and 4-part, image 220 x 1105mm.), mounted on card and joined with cloth, and 70 photographs (average 205 x 265mm., or the reverse), individually mounted on card (mounts 328 x 460mm.), all captioned by hand in German in ink on the reverse, some with letterpress captions in English pasted on the reverse, housed in a contemporary fitted buckram box with red label on the spine titled 'China: Hong Kong, Canton', one panorama detached, some fading, spotting and stains, box stained and slightly worn A very good collection of views of Hong Kong (including two panoramas) and Canton, together with portraits of Chinese officials, women, school groups, families, images of everyday life, street scenes, temples, and monuments. PROVENANCE:One of a series of 13 portfolios of travel photographs assembled by a collector/traveller in the 1890s, see also lots 1, 4, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 52 and 159.
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