Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Unknown Photographer
Title:
Hong Kong Harbour and Kowloon
Date:
c1912
Medium:
gelatin siver print
Size:
18.3 x 106.6 cm
Description:
A four sheet panorama of Hong Kong Harbour and Kowloon from the Mid-Levels looking north.
To the left the recently completed Marble Hall on Conduit Road, the residence of Sir Paul Chater appears. The new Post Office on the corner of Pedder Street and Connaught Road is still under construction with bamboo scaffolding, this would be completed in 1912. The new Law Courts, beside the cricket pitch are still under construction. The building would be completed in 1912.
Sold together with a panorama of Hong Kong Island. A pair of panoramas of Hong Kong Island and the Harbour of Hong Kong.
These panoramas were probably done by Mee Cheung & Co.
References:
Item Code:
P6572
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