Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Floyd, William Pryor
Title:
Five Story Pagoda Canton (Guangzhou)
Date:
c1868
Medium:
albumen print
Size:
24 x 19 cm
Description:
Original Floyd label, "Five Story Pagoda Canton", pasted below the photograph.
Early view of the Five Story Pagoda on the most northern part of the old wall of Guangzhou (Canton).
William Pryor Floyd was a British photographer who had a photographic studio in Hong Kong 1867 - 1874. He was particularly good at architectural studies and took some beautiful early photographs of Canton (Guangzhou) and Macao (Macau).
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Item Code:
P5344
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