China, Japan & Singapore.- Pair of albums of naval and topographical studies in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore, 100 silver gelatin prints and 33 hand-coloured albumen prints, each captioned below in ink, each c.90 x 130mm. or smaller, Japanese red lacquered pictorial boards, folding concertina-style, c.1903. ⁂ Includes picking tea, planting rice, rickshaws, Nagasaki harbour, shop fronts, street scenes and geishas. Three images form a panorama of Hong Kong Bay. Provenance: 'To Evelyn Haselfoot from her brother Francis E.B. Haselfoot, being an album containing photographs taken in China, December 1903' (inscription). Haselfoot was on board H.M.S. Blenheim in the Far east in 1904.
China, Japan & Singapore.- Pair of albums of naval and topographical studies in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore, 100 silver gelatin prints and 33 hand-coloured albumen prints, each captioned below in ink, each c.90 x 130mm. or smaller, Japanese red lacquered pictorial boards, folding concertina-style, c.1903. ⁂ Includes picking tea, planting rice, rickshaws, Nagasaki harbour, shop fronts, street scenes and geishas. Three images form a panorama of Hong Kong Bay. Provenance: 'To Evelyn Haselfoot from her brother Francis E.B. Haselfoot, being an album containing photographs taken in China, December 1903' (inscription). Haselfoot was on board H.M.S. Blenheim in the Far east in 1904.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
