Artist / Author / Cartographer:
B. Clayton from a painting by Piqua
Title:
The Bay and Island of Hong Kong
Date:
1846
Medium:
lithograph
Size:
11.5 x 17.5 cm
Description:
The Bay and Island of Hong Kong. B. Clayton from a painting by Piqua. On stone by E. Gilks.
One of the earliest views of Hong Kong Island from Kowloon which was originally sketched by the French Artist, August Borget, in 1838. Later published as a beautiful lithograph in Paris in 1842. This lithograph was based on it.
Framed
P6962 Chater VIII.22
References:
Item Code:
Chater VIII.22
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