Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

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Hong Kong | 50 photographs and 2 panoramas, c.1870-1900

Auction Closed

November 12, 04:34 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

HONG KONG, PHOTOGRAPHS

A collection of fifty photographs and two panoramas. [c.1870-1900]


50 ALBUMEN PRINTS (average 205 x 265mm., or the reverse), some on card mounts; two 2-plate ALBUMEN PRINT panoramas (192 x 550mm. and 207 x 535mm.), some prints with fading or minor wear or tears, one panorama splitting along join


A good collection of photographs of Hong Kong, including street and harbour views, shipping and boats, views along Queen's road and Bowen road, the public gardens, scenes after a typhoon, group photographs including soldiers, the tramway, and racecourse.