Returning to the yacht 'Tomtit' by sampan, for tiffin, Hong Kong

Returning to the yacht 'Tomtit' by sampan, for tiffin, Hong Kong

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: BL02-019. See BL02-015 and BL02-016.  This photograph is from an album entitled "Chronicle of a Tour of Pelissier's Follies". "Pelissier's Follies" was a theatre troupe set up by the English producer H.G. Pelissier. The group toured Asia in 1911 including stops at Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tianjin.  The 'Tomtit' was a yacht owned by Otto Kong Sing (1871-1917), who was a Eurasian Chinese solicitor in Hong Kong.

Caption in album or on mount

Party returning from walk over the hills back to Tomtit by sampan. For tiffin.

Location

Hong Kong

Date

Sunday 26 February 1911

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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