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Hong Kong view on the Queens Road looking east from the Canton Bazaar
Canton Bazaar would have been where the Pacific Place is today. This is a view towards Queens Road East in Wanchai.
Drawn by Murdoch Bruce. Lithograph by Maclure.
Murdoch Bruce was an architect - engineer who worked for the Government of Hong Kong constructing the earliest buildings and roads. His title was "Inspector of Buildings and Overseer of Roads for the Hong Kong Administration". This lithograph was done on stone by A. Maclure, Macdonald and Macgregor in London after a drawing by Murdoch Bruce. Andrew Maclure FRGS (1812-1885) was a lithographer from Glasgow who set up business in London. A. Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor were lithographers at 3, Bow Church Yard and later at 20 St Vincent Place, London. They also produced lithographs for Henry Charles Sirr's book, China and the Chinese in 1849.
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