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China & Hong Kong. An album containing 3 photographic panoramas and 44 photographs of Hong Kong and China, early 1890s, albumen prints, the first a 4-part panorama of the Anchorage, Hong Kong Harbour, 21.5 x 111 cm, the second 3-part panorama of Hong Kong looking westwards, 22.5 x 87 cm, the third 2-part panorama of Hong Kong viewed from the Harbour, 22 x 57 cm, the remaining views mounted singly to rectos and versos of stiff card leaves with ink captions to mounts, 22 x 29 cm and similar, some vertical creasing to first 2 panoramas, contemporary morocco-backed pictorial lacquered boards with bone and mother-of-pearl onlays, oblong folio, contained in original somewhat soiled and worn moiré-cloth book box with decorative design to upper cover still present (Quantity: 1) The ink titles of the 44 photographs are: Queen's Road, Outside HK & S Bank; HK & S Bank; Wellington Street, Hong Kong; The Happy Valley during the February Races; Hong Kong Regiment on Parade at Kowloon; 1889-92 - 91st, 1st Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders; Queen's Gardens and Peak; Queen's Gardens from Bowra Road; The Peak Tramway (x2); Tytam Reservoir on south side of Island; The Dam of Tytam Reservoir; Entrance to tunnel by which the water is led from Tytam to Victoria; The filter beds of the Tytam Water; View from Queen's Gardens looking eastwards; View from RE Mess looking north; Houses at the Peak; View from the Peak looking southwards; RA Mess College Gardens; Garrison parade ground; Kowloon Wharves; A Chinese village near Hong Kong, Cap-si-mum; Canton town and river; Canton river houseboats; A Canton street (x2); Passenger junks; Junks in Hong Kong; Guardians of a Chinese temple; More guardians; The family Buddha in the Temple of the Five Hundred Genii, Canton; A Canton street; A Chinese house; Outside a Mandarin's house Canton; Inside the Yamen Canton; A Chinese Guardian; The Tropics. The Peak, January 15th & 16th 1893. Mount Austin's Hotel. 25 Degrees Fahrenheit all trees, grass etc. covered with ice; On the side of the Peak during the Frost; Peak Observatory during the frost; High West in the frost January 1893; Peak Observatory during the frost; Icicles; Peak Garden frozen up; On the hillside, January 15th 1893.