Anonymous Photographer(s)

Albumen Prints, various sizes from 55 by 90mm to 205 by 275mm or the reverse, comprising views of Penang, including one panorama of three sheets, views of the waterfalls at Boleh Pula, Tanjong Tokong, and the Tanjong Pagar Dock, three views of Singapore including two panoramas, views of rice fields in Sumatra; together with studies of Malay, Javanese, Madras and Hindoo inhabitants of Penang, of sepoy soldiers, of Chinese and Indian coolies, of Mohamedan inhabitants of the Coromandel coast and of Battak natives [see illustration], with a photographic frontispiece comprising a collage of portraits of European sitters together with two views, many plates with manuscript captions written in pencil or printed caption labels mounted below image, some with numbering in pencil, blind-stamped morocco album, some fading, binding worn

A print of the photograph at the centre of the frontispiece is found in the album and labelled 'Council in Penang, Legislative.', suggesting that the original owner of the album was a member of the council.