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THOMSON (JOHN)
Group of twenty-three fine views of Hong Kong, [1868-1872, printed 1960s] (23)

3 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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THOMSON (JOHN)

Group of twenty-three fine views of Hong Kong, later gelatin silver prints from original negatives, loose mounted, sheet size 295 x 364, the stereo views 140 x 255mm., [1868-1872, printed 1960s] (23)

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Images include: two-part panorama looking eastwards towards the harbour from Mr. Jardine's house at East Point; the waterfront; Queens Road with the clock tower; Pedder Street looking towards the Peak; Queens Road with Victoria Exchange; Queens Road East; Queens Road Central, with decorations for the Duke of Edinburgh's visit, 1869; Western district street with puppet show; D'Aguilar Street, looking towards the Peak; Mr. Jardine's house; view of the town towards the waterfront with City Hall under construction; City Hall; harbour, with H.M.S. Galatea on Duke of Edinburgh's arrival; view from near the Botanic Gardens; study of exotic plant; the cemetery at Causeway Bay; [stereo views] Kwai Yin Temple on Hollywood Road; City Hall from the Praya; Queens Road Central; three studies of a local family, on the balcony and at the meal table.

Provenance: John Warner, Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of Art from 1962 to 1976, and author of Fragrant Harbour. Early Photographs of Hong Kong (1976). Warner commissioned the prints in preparation of a proposed exhibition in Hong Kong.

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