Decorations in Bonham Road, Hong Kong, for the visit of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh
Collection
Identifier
NA16-004
Copyright
© Crown copyright 2011
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-004. Image from an album in The National Archives referenced as ‘HONG KONG 3. Views of Hong Kong from the 1860s to the 1920s' (CO 1069-446). Photograph by John Thomson - signed in the negative, at bottom right. The lanterns and decorations were to celebrate the visit to Hong Kong of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Shop signs on the left: 新同和, [.]生白朱. See a scan of Thomson's negative (Wellcome Collection ref: 18637i).
Caption in album or on mount
Chinese Illuminations - Bonham Road - 1 November 1869
Caption on photograph
4 / Thomson
Location
Date
Monday 1 November 1869
Photographer
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
The National Archives, London
