China--Tung Hing, William Saunders, and others

Oblong folio (297 x 377mm.), 60 albumen prints (from 105 x 155mm. to 232 x 288mm., or the reverse), mounted on card, recto and verso, some captioned in ink on the mount, contemporary black half morocco, lacking upper cover

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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This album, most likely compiled by someone working for the German company of Siemssen & Co. (established in China in the 1840s) in Shanghai or Foochow, includes 11 rare photographs of Foochow (10 by or attributed to Tung Hing), 5 of Canton (including a 3-part panorama), 5 of Hankow, one of Macao Fort, the cathedral in Shanghai, and Wuchang Bund. The photographs by Saunders include an execution and modes of transport. Other rare images include a photograph of Chinese schoolchildren selected to be educated at Harvard University and a view of the 'Yellow Stork' pagoda in Wuchang which was destroyed by fire in 1885. There are photographs of Siemssen family members and employees, together with views of their buildings in Shanghai and several views of the Siemssen company gardens in Foochow. The album also contains 5 photographs of Egypt (Suez region).