Photographs

Artist / Author / Cartographer:

Afong Lai

Title:

619 - Cantonese Amateur Musicians

Date:

c1878

Medium:

albumen print

Size:

21 x 27.5 cm

Description:

Original label, verso - No. 619-Chinese amateur musicians.

 

Five seated musicians are each playing different musical instruments. There is a painted woodland scene as a backdrop and a leaf pattern carpet.

 

Perhaps we can identify which Afong studio by the carpet design or the props used.

References:

Item Code:

P6358

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