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Inscribed verso in sepia ink, Military Hospital and Fletcher's Godown, Hong Kong.
An extremely rare early photograph of Hong Kong showing the Canton Bazaar on the south side of the road opposite Fletcher's Godown. Beside Fletcher's grand house is a small Police Station. The Military Hospital is behind and the harbour lies beyond.
Felix Beato was born in Florence in 1825. He became one of the most accomplished nineteenth century photographers and traveled widely. He arrived in China in 1860 with the British expeditionary force. He took some of the earliest panoramic photographs of Hong Kong and Kowloon. He traveled to Peking and took numerous photographs of the war. One of his most famous pictures was of the Summer Palace before it was burnt down.
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University of Nottingham, Manuscripts and Special Collection
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