Artist / Author / Cartographer:
Afong Lai
Title:
537 - The Summit of the Peak
Date:
c1873
Medium:
albumen print
Size:
18 x 26.3 cm
Description:
In pencil 537 with oval chop printed in blue ink, Afong, Photographer, Hong Kong.
An early photograph of the summit of the Peak on Hong Kong Island. Only a few buildings are visible along with the flagstaff at the top of Victoria Peak.
Today this would be a view from near Strawberry Hill looking back towards Victoria Peak and High West.
Missing original label - No.537 - Summit of the Peak. {Printed caption in Chinese and English}.
References:
Item Code:
P5784
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