Finding aid for the G. Prat Photograph Album of China and Japan, 1874-1900
Beth Ann Guynn
Descriptive Summary
Title: G. Prat photograph album of China and Japan
Date (inclusive): 1874-1900
Number: 98.R.14
Creator/Collector:
Prat, G., active 1874-1900
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(1 album containing 151 photographs; 21 loose photographic
prints)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The album, compiled by G. Prat, a
French silk inspector working in China in the latter part of the nineteenth century,
contains 151 albumen photographs of China and Japan. The album's visual focus is on the
ports and trading centers of China's Pearl River Delta. Present are 98 views of Guangzhou
(Canton); six of Hong Kong; and 11 of Macau. Additionally, there are 16 images on eight
pages depicting the Canton Amateur Theatrical Society's (CATS) productions, and 20
photographs of Japan, 19 of which are hand colored. Photographers include Lai Fong and
Kusakabe Kinbē. Extensive commentary written on the mount borders forms Prat's compendium
on China in which he addresses any number of topics from history, geography, climate,
agriculture, religion, language and dialects, and business practices to family life, sedan
chairs, etiquette, costume and dress, and opium, to a lexicon of colonial Asian terms. The
album is accompanied by 21 loose albumen prints and a manuscript listing photographs to be
acquired.
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Language: Collection material is in
French
Biographical / Historical
The Frenchman, G. Prat, lived in Asia during the last quarter of the nineteenth century,
working or traveling in the region from at least 1874 to 1896. From 1877 to 1884, he was
based in Guangzhou where he was employed as a silk inspector by the American trading company
Russell & Co. for a year and a half, and by the English firm Thomas, Rowe, & Smith
for five and a half years. He was active in the European community on Shamian Island and
numbered among his friends the "junior men" who were variously employed as accountants, tea
tasters, silk inspectors, and the like at the European trading houses established in the
port city.
Sources consulted:
___"The Case of the Canton-Riot,"
The Straits Times, 27
September 1883, p. 2. Newspaper SG, microfilm reel NL05047.
The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China,
Straits Settlements, Malay States, Sian, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines,
&c: with which are Incorporated "The China Directory" and "The Hong Kong List for the
Far East…"
Hong Kong: Hongkong Daily Press Office, 1882.
Events in Hongkong and the Far East, 1875 to 1884. Hong
Kong: Daily Press Office, 1885.
Bickers, Robert,
China Bound: John Swire & Sons and Its World,
1816 – 1980
. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
Department of State, United States,
Papers Relating to the Foreign
Relations of the United States
. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office,
1885.
Hart, Robert and James Duncan Campbell,
The I. G. in Peking: Letters
of Robert Hart, Chinese Maritime Customs, 1868-1907
. Cambridge, Massachusetts and
London, England: Harvard University Press, 1975.
Morse, Hosea Ballou,
The International Relations of the Chinese
Empire, volume 2: The Period of Submission, 1861-1893.
New York, Bombay, Calcutta:
Longmans, Green and Co, 1918.
Perdue, Peter C., "The Rise & Fall of the Canton Trade System," Visualizing Cultures at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website.
https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/rise_fall_canton_01/pdf/cw03_essay.pdf
Prat, G., G. Prat Photograph Album of China and Japan, 1874-1900, accession number 98.R.14,
album, Box 1*.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
G. Prat photograph album of China and Japan, 1874-1900, The Getty Research Institute, Los
Angeles, Accession no. 98.R.14.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa98r14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 1998.
Processing Information
The finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn in 2020. The collection was originally
accessioned with the title: Chine-Japon Photograph Album.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized in 2000 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/98r14
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises an album compiled by G. Prat containing 151 albumen photographs,
some of which are hand colored; 21 loose albumen prints; and a manuscript list of
photographs to be obtained.
The untitled album is half bound in dark green leather with gilt stamped decorative
banding; the spine is mostly lacking. The boards are covered in dark green leatherette.
Inscribed on the free front endpaper is the compiler's name, simply recorded as "G. Prat."
The album has 149 pages with eight blank pages in the middle and one blank page at its end.
While most of the pages contain a single image, six pages hold two photographs, and two
pages hold three photographs.
The album's visual focus is on the ports and trading centers of China's Pearl River Delta.
Present are 98 views of Guangzhou (Canton), one of the five original Chinese treaty ports;
six of Hong Kong; and 11 of Macau. Additionally, there are 16 images on eight pages
depicting the Canton Amateur Theatrical Society's (CATS) productions, and 20 photographs of
Japan, 19 of which are hand-colored. To date, a handful of the photographs of China have
been identified as being by Lai Fong and it is likely that further research will confirm
that the bulk of them are in fact by this Chinese photographer or his studio, known as Afong
Studio, which was based in Hong Kong. It is also possible that some of the China photographs
could have been taken by Prat himself, although this argument is weakened by the fact that
Lai Fong (or his studio operatives) frequently documented the events and outings of the
denizens of the Western settlements in the treaty ports. Lastly, Kusakabe Kinbē has been
identified as the maker of most of the photographs of Japan in the album.
Captions are written in French above the photographs and are continued below the image. The
upper portion of the caption usually contains a location and a date, while the one below the
image is usually descriptive of the photograph and often has additional notes written
immediately below it. Most of the titles of the individual photographs were derived by
combining the two captions. Prat's spelling has been retained and transcribed as written
with the exception of distinct words linked by ligatures which have been divided into
separate words.The date in the caption above each photograph has been used to date the image
it is associated with, although in some cases the descriptive text indicates that these
dates may be of a more general nature rather than being strictly specific to the image.
Although the dates in the upper captions range from 1874 to 1896, the album is not
organized in chronological order. Rather, Prat seems to have started compiling the album
beginning with photographs taken in or related to 1878, and then adding groups of
photographs from both before and after that date as his project progressed. The first six
photographs in the album document the aftermath of the cyclone (which Prat refers to as a
trombe) that struck Guangzhou on April 10, 1878. The
emphasis on the destruction of buildings in the European settlement on Shamian Island,
specifically that sustained by the European trading houses, sets the tone for Prat's focus
on documenting the Western business communities established along the Pearl River Delta.
The island known as Shamian (also Shameen; Shamin; Prat uses the French spelling Shamien)
is where Prat spent a significant amount of the time covered in the album. In 1859, the
foreign community in Guangzhou was moved from the banks of the Pearl River to the island, a
former sandbar that was separated from the mainland by the creation of an artificial canal
or river (now called Shajichong) and built up to encompass twenty-seven hectares. Britain
leased three-fifths of the island from China, using it for their concession or settlement,
while France leased the remaining land. Leasing the land from China allowed the settlements
to exist autonomously, essentially exempt from local Chinese control. The island was
connected to the mainland by two bridges, one located in each settlement, that were locked
at night. By 1873, Shamian boasted ten foreign consulates, numerous western banks, and the
local headquarters of the most prominent European and American trading companies present in
China.
The remainder of the photographs in the first half of the album alternate between views on
Shamian and views of the Chinese city. Attention is given to areas where the two communities
were likely to meet, such as the docks and wharves, and to the assorted Chinese and European
vessels plying its waterways. Informed by his profession as a silk inspector, Prat naturally
focuses on the numerous British, French, German, and American trading companies established
on Shamian. These companies were housed in so called "factories" which combined trade
offices, warehouses, and living quarters for their male employees. Nothing was manufactured
in these buildings, which had facades that gave them the appearance of large villas. Rather,
the term factory comes from the English word factor, used to mean commercial agent. The
Chinese term for these establishments was "hongs." Across East Asia and the East Pacific
they were also referred to as "godowns." Prat calls them "maisons." In the album, Prat
includes photographs of or mentions all of the important houses: W. Pustau & Co.
Siemssen & Co.; Jardine, Matheson & Co.; Olyphant & Co.; Russell & Co.;
Coare, Lind, & Co.; Carlowitz & Co.; Birley & Co.; Deacon & Co.; Vogel
Hagedorn (Vogel & Co.); and Thomas, Rowe, & Smith (Thomas & Mercer Co.). The
earlier images often show the "junior men" of the company seated on porches and verandas or
standing on upper balconies. Prat identifies the men, noting his close friends. Photographs
placed later along in the album depict the state of the trading houses after the
anti-foreign riots that took place on September 10, 1883.
While the overarching background to the anti-foreign riots on Shamian Island was the
growing tension between France and China due to the increasing French encroachment in
northern Vietnam (Tonkin) that culminated in the Sino-French war (April 1884 to April 1885),
two local incidents involving Europeans that resulted in the death of Chinese persons were
the immediate causes of the uprising. In the first, which occurred on August 13, 1883, J. H.
Logan, an English tidewaiter or customs officer, confronted a group of Chinese men and boys
who were gathered on the steps of the house where he was drinking and playing cards. An
argument ensued when the partying men tried to send the Chinese men away. Logan ran back
inside the building, retrieved a rifle, and fired it, wounding a Chinese man and woman and
killing Pak Wa Kung, a twelve-year-old Chinese boy.
The second, known as the "Hankow incident," began when Luo Fen, who was attemping to secure
good berths for boardinghouse guests on the steamer
Hankow
early in the morning of September 10, was accosted and brutally kicked by Faustino Caetano
Diaz, a Portuguese watchman, causing him to fall overboard. Luo's death was due either
directly to the blows or to drowning. In response to Luo's death, Chinese rioters set fire
to the wharf and sheds where the Hankow was moored, but the steamer itself escaped harm by
sailing quickly upriver. Failing to destroy the vessel, the rioters moved on to Shamian
Island where they looted and burned numerous buildings. Most of the European women and
children fled to other steamships anchored in the harbor, while the male population
patrolled the island. Charles Seymour, the American consul at Guangzhou, began his
understated dispatch written at ten p.m. on the night of the riots to John Russell Young,
the American minister to China (later the seventh Librarian of Congress), "Sir: I have the
honor to inform you that the Europeans and Americans residing in Canton and on the Shameen
have had an interesting day during which some lives were lost and considerable property has
been destroyed, amounting in value to about $200,000…"
The Chinese army was called in to help protect the settlement from further rioting. Several
photographs record its encampment and groups of soldiers on the commons with burnt buildings
in the background, while other images record the beefed up presence of foreign warships in
the harbor. Some views show the beginnings of reconstruction with bamboo scaffolding erected
around the damaged structures.
The trials of both European men took place after the riots. Logan, whose trial began on
September 20, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years of servitude, which
was widely believed among the Chinese to be too lenient of a punishment. In November, Diaz
was sentenced to three months imprisonment. In both cases the trials were conducted and
sentencing delivered according to European rather than Chinese law, and their outcomes led
to increased resentment of the European presence in China.
The first half of the album concludes with various scenes of Chinese Guangzhou. After a
break of eight blank pages the reader is transported to Japan in the year 1896. Nineteen of
the 20 photographs in this section are by Kusakabe Kinbē, a Japanese photographer who worked
for Felice Beato and Baron Raimund von Stillfried as a studio assistant and colorist before
opening his own studio in Yokohama in 1881. Around 1885, he acquired the negatives of his
former employers and those of Uchida Kuichi, as well as some of Ueno Hikoma's negatives of
Nagasaki. By 1893, Kusakabe was one of the most prominent Japanese photographers and his
work was sought after by Western customers who knew him by his first name, Kinbē or Kimbei.
His images of Japanese women, three examples of which appear in Prat's album, were
especially popular. Most of the photographs in the album, however, are delicately colored
views of Japanese cities – Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, Tokyo, and Osaka – and of iconic
Japanese locales such as Mount Fuji and Lake Biwa. With the sole exception of an uncolored
view looking down a Yokohama canal towards the French consulate, Prat's self-referential
choice of images, so prevalent in the first half of the album, is lacking in his selection
of Japanese photographs.
In the pages following the photographs of Japan, Prat returned to adding earlier images
from his time in China to the album. He devotes much of the last part of the album to
documenting the European community on Shamian Island and locating himself within it. Dating
from 1877 to 1883, the photographs include large group portraits of the community gathered
outdoors, as well as images of Prat and his circle of friends casually arranged on the
porches and verandahs of their communal residences. Most of the images of the CATS players
are found in this section of the album, along with three group portraits of the costumed
attendees of the masked ball given by Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Smith of Jardine, Matheson &
Co. in 1879. Also included here are the images of Hong Kong and Macau, all of which are
dated 1879 (in the first part of the album there is a lone photograph of Hong Kong dated
1874). As Prat was working in Guangzhou at the time, it is likely that he traveled to these
two locations for either business or pleasure.
Throughout the album, the photographs and their immediate upper and lower captions are
enclosed in elaborate geometric or floral borders hand drawn in red or black ink. Prat used
the margins outside these surrounds to write extensive commentaries. Those written below the
borders often, but not always, refer to the image on the page, while those written above the
image, and frequently also in both side margins (sometimes written sideways), form Prat's
compendium on China in which he addresses any number of topics from history, geography,
climate, agriculture, religion, language and dialects, and business practices to family
life, sedan chairs, etiquette, costume and dress, and opium. Each subject is noted in the
top margin of the page where it begins, and topics often continue on several successive
pages. The last entry in the album is a small lexicon spanning several pages that Prat
labels "quelques locutions pidgin english."
Cross references to the album's photographs are often made in the marginalia, as well as in
the image captions. The dates included in these texts frequently refer to events that took
place later or earlier than the dates given in the upper captions for the images, which
suggests that at some point after the album compilation was well underway, or perhaps even
completed, Prat decided to add his general treatise on China.
The album is accompanied by 21 loose albumen prints, falling into three distinct groups,
and a manuscript list of photographs. The first group comprises eight group portraits of
members of the European community taken in Guangzhou between 1877 and 1883. Six of these
portraits are also present in the album. The other two photographs in the group are formal
studio portraits. One of these portraying four mustachioed young European men is by Li Yong,
while the other of six men, more casually arranged and dressed, is by an unidentified
photographer. Some of the men appear in both portraits.
The second group of loose photographs comprises seven views of Guangzhou. While all of them
are dated on their versos "Canton 1900," the photographs themselves were likely taken at an
earlier date, as indicated by the fact that several of them relate directly to, or are
variants of, photographs found in the album, and are assigned a number following the page
number on which a corresponding image appears. Lastly, six views of the Rhône Valley in
France taken in the 1880s by one or more unidentified photographers form the third group of
loose photographs.
The list of photographs is headed "Liste de vues à demander à Canton." In it, Prat gives
detailed descriptions of 19 views of Guangzhou, including sites within both the Chinese city
and the European settlements, which he wishes to acquire. At the end of the list he explains
that these photographs could be sold to residents of Canton or to "globe trotters" as
souvenirs, and that he hopes to be the one to facilitate this. He also explains which
photographs would be easy to obtain and which would require permission of the subjects
represented, or as in the case of number 17, the festival of the dragon boat, would need to
be taken on a specific date, here "le 5me jour de le 5me lune." As evidenced by his
description of the first image, a view of the central lane of the French Concession, Prat
compiled the list sometime after 1884 ("qui, m'a-t'on dit, est aujourd'hui complètement
garnie de maisons, alors qu'en 1884, il n'y en avait encase aucune"), and possibly as late
as 1900 when he assembled the group of loose photographs of Guangzhou.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series:
Series I: G. Prat photograph album of
China and Japan, 1874-1900.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Kusakabe, Kinbē,
1841-1932
Subjects - Topics
Disasters -- China -- Guangzhou
Hurricanes -- China -- Guangzhou
Harbors -- China -- Guangzhou
Riots -- China -- Guangzhou -- History -- 19th century
Trading companies -- China
Subjects - Places
Guangzhou (China) -- Description and travel
Hong Kong -- Description and travel
Macau -- Description and travel
Pearl River Delta -- Description and travel
Shamian (China) -- Description and travel
Rhône River Valley (Switzerland and France) -- Description and
travel
Genres and Forms of Material
Photographs, Original.
Albumen prints -- China -- 19th century
Albumen prints -- Japan -- 19th century
Photograph albums -- China -- 19th century
Photograph albums -- Japan -- 19th century
Hand coloring -- Japan -- 19th century
Contributors
Prat, G., active 1874-1900
Series I.
G. Prat photograph album of China and Japan,
1874-1900
box 1*
Album,
1874-1896
Arrangement
In original order.
box 1*, Item front cover
98.R.14-fc
Front cover,
1874
box 1*, page front paste-down
endpaper
98.R.14-fpe
Front paste-down endpaper,
1874
box 1*, page front free
endpaper
98.R.14-ffe
Front free endpaper,
1874
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed on page: G. Prat.
box 1*, page Verso of front free
endpaper
98.R.14-fev
Verso of front free endpaper,
1874
box 1*, page 1
98.R.14-p1
Photographer unidentified, Trombe du 10 avril 1878: Vue de la maison W.
Pustau & Co.,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Considérations sur la Chine. The lower text describes the
trading house depicted in the photograph.
box 1*, page 2
98.R.14-p2
Photographer unidentified, Trombe du 10 avril 1878: Le go down de Messrs.
Siemssen & Co. en partie du consulat anglais,
1878
Scope and Content Note
The word godown, meaning warehouse, likely came into English from the Malay
gedong (
gadang,
gudang,
gedung).
Header for upper text: Climat.
box 1*, page 3
98.R.14-p3
Photographer unidentified, Trombe du 10 avril 1878: Vue des maisons
Jardine, Matheson & Co. (côté nord),
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Tourbillons - trombes et typhons - calamités.
box 1*, page 4
98.R.14-p4
Photographer unidentified, Trombe du 10 avril 1878: Jardine, Matheson &
Co. (côté nord),
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Typhons.
box 1*, page 5
98.R.14-p5
Photographer unidentified, Trombe du 10 avril 1878: Vue du quartier chinois
en face de Shameen, prise entre Messrs. Thomas & Mercer Co. & W. Pustau
& Co.,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (suite de page 4).
box 1*, page 6
98.R.14-p6
Photographer unidentified, Trombe du 10 avril 1878: Vue du quai chinois
(prise du fort) en face du Concordia Hall,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (suite de page 5).
box 1*, page 7
98.R.14-p7
Photographer unidentified, Shameen: L'église anglicane et la maison du
commissaire des douanes chinoises,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Histoire de Chine.
box 1*, page 8
98.R.14-p8
Photographer unidentified, Shameen: Messrs. Olyphant & Co.,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (continuation de la page précédente, 7).
box 1*, page 9
98.R.14-p9
Photographer unidentified, Verandah de la maison Russell &
Co.,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (continuation de la page précédente, 8). The two men sitting
on the veranda are identified as F. Koch and J. B. Cuningham.
box 1*, page 10
98.R.14-p10
Photographer unidentified, Le bateau à vapeur
Kin-shaw faisant le service entre Canton et Hong Kong,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (continuation de la page précédente 9).
box 1*, page 11
98.R.14-p11
Photographer unidentified, Hong Kong: Vue prise des jardins
publics,
1874
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (continuation de la page précédente, 10).
box 1*, page 12
98.R.14-p12
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La pagode de Pa-choc près
Wampoa,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Pagodes.
box 1*, page 13
98.R.14-p13
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La pagode des Fleurs en 1878 avant sa
réparation,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Two dates are present: 1878 in the caption above the image and 1874 in the caption
below the image. The former date corresponds to the date when Prat was in Guangzhou,
while the later date is the date of the photograph.
No header for the upper text is present.
box 1*, page 14
98.R.14-p14
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La pagode des Fleurs depuis sa
réparation en 1878,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Portes d'honneur.
box 1*, page 15
98.R.14-p15
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La porte du nord,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Histoire de Chine (suite et fin des pages 7 à 11).
box 1*, page 16
98.R.14-p16
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La cité tartare et la pagode
mahométane,
1878
Scope and Content Note
No header for upper text which discusses the city of Canton.
box 1*, page 17
98.R.14-p17
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La Brillante Pagode ou pagode
mahométane,
1878
Scope and Content Note
No header for upper text which continues from the previous page.
box 1*, page 18
98.R.14-p18
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La porte de l'est,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Mandarins.
box 1*, page 19
98.R.14-p19
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La Cour des Examens,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Les lettrés.
box 1*, page 20
98.R.14-p20
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La porte d'entrée des bureaux du général
tartare,
1878
Scope and Content Note
No header for upper text which discusses the Tartar general.
box 1*, page 21
98.R.14-p21
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Le Temple de Longévite,
1878
Scope and Content Note
There is no upper text. A later note added below the lower caption notes that the
temple was burned in a Chinese riot in 1881.
box 1*, page 22
98.R.14-p22
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue prise sur la rivière de Canton près
Messrs. Russell & Co.,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Geographie physique de Canton. Histoire.
box 1*, page 23
98.R.14-p23
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Les jonques de Tientsin,
1878
Scope and Content Note
No header for the upper text which continues from the previous page.
box 1*, page 24
98.R.14-p24
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Ho-chu, vue prise sur la rivière de
Canton près l'arsenal chinois,
1878
Scope and Content Note
No upper text.
box 1*, page 25
98.R.14-p25
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La pagode des cinq étages et les
murailles de Canton,
1878
Scope and Content Note
No upper text.
box 1*, page 26
98.R.14-p26
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue prise hors des murs,
1878
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Fonctionnaires.
box 1*, page 27
98.R.14-p27
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Le fort de Macao,
1878
Scope and Content Note
The Tai-wang-kow or Yellow Pagoda Fort, also known as Macao Fort, is located on an
islet approximately three miles south of Guangzhou.
Header for upper text: Voies de communication.
box 1*, page 28
98.R.14-p28
Lai Fong, Canton: Ling-Wong ou gardiens du portail,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Sculpture. Depicts two guardians, one with his arm raised
above his head.
box 1*, page 29
98.R.14-p29
Lai Fong, Canton: Ling-Wong ou gardiens du portail,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (suite de la page 28). The image depicts two guardians, one
holding a stringed instrument.
Other copies of this image are captioned: No 349. Ting-Wong, or Guardians of the
Portal. The number 349 had been crossed out in pencil and renumbered 350. (See:
University of Bristol accession no. 6287; UB01-22).
box 1*, page 30
98.R.14-p30
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Riche appartement chinois,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: La famille. La femme.
box 1*, page 31
98.R.14-p31
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Intérieur d'un appartement
chinois,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (suite de la page 30).
box 1*, page 32
98.R.14-32
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Cimetière mahométan et
mosquée,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Mahométans.
box 1*, page 33
98.R.14-p33
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Wuhan,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The text, which begins below the image and wraps around to the right margin,
describes Wuhan and the photograph of houses along a canal.
box 1*, page 34
98.R.14-p34
Lai Fong, Canton: Intérieur du Temple des 500 Génies,
1879
Scope and Content Note
There is no upper text. The text below the image discusses religion and temples
including the temple depicted.
box 1*, page 35
98.R.14-p35
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Temple Li-Fat,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The upper text discusses temple architecture.
box 1*, page 36
98.R.14-p36
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Consulat de France, entrée du yamén
français à Canton,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Chaises à porteurs.
box 1*, page 37
98.R.14-p37
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue prise du Temple de
Pan-lo-hang,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: La propriété. Les produits.
box 1*, page 38
98.R.14-p38
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Trombe du 10 avril 1878,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The view is of rooftops and rebuilding after the typhoon. Header for upper text:
Pétitions.
box 1*, page 39
98.R.14-p39
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Trombe du 10 avril 1878, faubourg
occidental de Canton face au nord,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The photograph shows destruction from the typhoon that had not yet been cleared.
Header for upper text: Pétitions.
box 1*, page 40
98.R.14-p40
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue prise dans la campagne,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: L'agriculture.
box 1*, page 41
98.R.14-p41
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue de Shamien,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The oblique view along the river looks towards the European settlement. Below the
caption various European trading houses are identified: Pustan & Co.; Thomas
& Mercer; Coare, Lind & Co.
Header for upper text: Linguistique.
box 1*, page 42
98.R.14-p42
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue de Shamien,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The view along the river looks towards the European settlement. Below the caption
various European trading houses are identified including Olyphant & Co. and
Carlowitz & Co.
Header for upper text: (suite de page 41).
box 1*, page 43
98.R.14-p43
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue de Shamien,
1879
Scope and Content Note
This view along the river looks towards the European settlement. Below the caption
European trading houses are identified: Birley & Co.; Deacon & Co.
(bungalow).
Header for upper text: (suite de page 42).
box 1*, page 44
98.R.14-p44
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Ancien maison Vogel
Hagedorn,
1881
Scope and Content Note
The caption continues: ...en suite Vogel & Co., et plus tard louée par Messrs.
Thomas, Rowe & Smith par leurs employés. It also notes that the building burned
in 1883. The three men on the second story balcony are identified from left to right
as: J. D. Monro; G. Prat; and E. W. Mitchell. The man sprawled on a seat near the
front gate is identified as A. B. Tomkins.
Header for upper text: (suite de page 44).
box 1*, page 45
98.R.14-p45
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Ancien maison Vogel
Hagedorn,
1881
Scope and Content Note
The continuing caption text is a repeat of the previous page. The four men grouped
on the front steps are identified as: E. W. Mitchell; G. Prat; A. B. Tomkins
(holding a small dog); and J. D. Monro.
Header for upper text: (suite de page 44).
box 1*, page 46
98.R.14-p46
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Maison Russell & Co., vue prise du
sud-est,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (suite de page 45).
box 1*, page 47
98.R.14-p47
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Maison Russell & Co., vue prise du
sud,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Langues et dialects chinois.
box 1*, page 48
98.R.14-p48
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Shamien, vue prise de l'ouest à la
est,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Depicted are the English church, the docks, and the Pearl River.
Header for upper text: (continuation de la page précédente 47).
box 1*, page 49
98.R.14-p49
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Shamien, vue prise de l'ouest à
l'est,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Depicted are the allée Henry Parkes and the corner of the Anglican church with the
tents of Chinese soldiers pitched nearby following the anti-foreign riots on 10
September 1883.
Header for upper text: (suite et fin de la page précédente 48).
box 1*, page 50
98.R.14-p50
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Allée principale de Shamien,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (continuation de la page précédente 49).
box 1*, page 51
98.R.14-p51
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Allée principale de Shamien, vue prise
de l'est à l'ouest vers le point central de la concession anglaise,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Etiquette chinoise.
box 1*, page 52
98.R.14-p52
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue prise du sud-est,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Depicts the American and German consulates. Header for upper text: (suite de la
page précédente 51).
box 1*, page 53
98.R.14-p53
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue prise du sud-ouest,
1883
Scope and Content Note
The view is of the corner of the German consulate and several trading houses.
There is no upper text.
box 1*, page 54
98.R.14-p54
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Shaimen, le club,
1883
Scope and Content Note
The Canton Club is pictured in the center flanked by Carlowitz & Co. on its
left, and the home of the American millionaire, Mr. White, on its right.
There is no upper text.
box 1*, page 55
98.R.14-p55
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Shamien, la condition des soies brûlées
le 10 sept. 1883,
1883
Scope and Content Note
The photograph shows the state of the Thomas, Rowe, & Smith and Russell &
Co. silk houses and the recently established Condition des soies (Silk Inspection
House) after the anti-foreign riots.
There is no upper text.
box 1*, page 56
98.R.14-p56
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Shamien, allée sud de la
concession,
1883
Scope and Content Note
The image shows the tents of the Chinese army pitched on the green after it was
called in to defend the concession following the September 10 anti-foreign riots.
There is no upper text.
box 1*, page 57
98.R.14-p57
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Shamien, soldats chinois chargés de la
défense de la concession après le 10 septembre 1883,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Mandarins et leurs cortèges. Header for text on left border:
Parasols rouges.
box 1*, page 58
98.R.14-p58
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Shamien, le théâtre,
1883
Scope and Content Note
View of the theater after it was partially burned during the September 10
riots.
There is no upper text.
box 1*, page 59
98.R.14-p59
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue prise sur la rivière de la
concession,
1883
Scope and Content Note
View across dock crowded with sampans to the steamer Powan.
Header for upper text: Voies de communication (suite de la page 27).
box 1*, page 60
98.R.14-p60
Photographer unidentified, [Canton: Chinese Army Encampment],
1883
Scope and Content Note
The page contains two photographs with a text in the right margin regarding the
Chinese army encampment. The caption for the upper photograph reads: Vue prise sur
la quai de Shamien et campement des soldats chinois. The caption for the upper
photograph reads: Concession française et campement chinoises du côté de la ville
indigène. The burned icehouse appears in the middle ground of this image.
box 1*, page 61
98.R.14-p61
Photographer unidentified, [Canton: Boats on the River],
1883
Scope and Content Note
The page contains two photographs with a text in the left margin regarding various
boats and ships. The caption for the upper photograph reads: Cannonière chinoise
Cheng-Bo. The text below the lower photograph notes
the gunboats
Swift and
Epsilon, the cargo ships S.S.
Posang and
S.S.
Ningbo, and the cannonboat
Luitin.
box 1*, page 62
98.R.14-p62
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Émeute du 10 septembre 1883 - maison
incendiée - Mr. Hollwill, Mr. Rocher,
1883
Scope and Content Note
No upper text.
box 1*, page 63
98.R.14-p63
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Émeute du 10 septembre 1883, Mr.
Holwill, Mr. Rocher, Mr. Raven, Mr. Pustau, Mr. Sampson,
1883
Scope and Content Note
The photograph shows a row of damaged trading houses.
box 1*, page 64
98.R.14-p64
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Messrs. Thomas, Row & Smith (junior
men) pilée et brûlée le 10 septembre 1883,
1883
box 1*, page 65
98.R.14-p65
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Messrs. Thomas, Row & Smith (junior
men) vue du côté de l'entrée principale (sud) pilée et brûlée le 10 septembre
1883,
1883
box 1*, page 66
98.R.14-p66
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La condition des soies brûlées le 10
septembre 1883,
1883
Scope and Content Note
The photograph depicts the former house of Pustau & Co. encased in bamboo
scaffolding.
box 1*, page 67
98.R.14-p67
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Tentes chinoises - bowling alley - le
théâtre - le poste de police et l'incendie - brûlés le 10 septembre
1883,
1883
Scope and Content Note
The photograph shows the theater and the tents of the Chinese army pitched opposite
it.
box 1*, page 68
98.R.14-p68
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Campement chinois établi le long du
canal vers la ville indigène,
1883
Scope and Content Note
The view includes the corner of a tent and part of the icehouse; more tents and
burned trading[?] houses are in the distance.
box 1*, page 69
98.R.14-p69
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Shamien, vue de la concession
anglaise,
1883
Scope and Content Note
View of the S.S.
Chinkiang and the
Lutin on the Pearl River with the English concession to
the left.
box 1*, page 70
98.R.14-p70
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Vue prise de la rivière des
Perles,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Caption continues: pouvant donner une idée du mouvement continuel qui y existe et
de l'importance de la population flotante.
Header for upper text: Les missionaires.
box 1*, page 71
98.R.14-p71
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Ville de Canton et cathéderal catholique
à l'intérieur des murs construite sur l'emplacement du Yámen de l'ancien Vice-Roi
"Yeh,"
1883
Scope and Content Note
The view looks across a river crowded with sampans to the cathedral in the
distance.
There is no header for the upper and side texts which continue from the previous
pages.
box 1*, page 72
98.R.14-p72
Lai Fong, Canton: Rivière des Perles,
1883
Scope and Content Note
View of the dock and river crowded with sampans bearing passengers and goods.
Header for upper text: Gouvernement - Administration.
(See: University of Bristol accession no. BL-s218).
box 1*, page 73
98.R.14-p73
Lai Fong, Whampoa: Docks,
1881
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: (suite de la page 72).
box 1*, page 74
98.R.14-p74
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Ancienne maison Russell &
Co.,
1877
Scope and Content Note
The caption continues: ...seriez l'emplacement des anciens comptoirs chinois
(hongs) (1858-1879). Header for upper text: (suite de page 73).
box 1*, page 75
98.R.14-p75
Photographer unidentified, [Canton: Rooftop View],
1883
Scope and Content Note
Among the sites idenfied below the image are the French and English concessions and
the "faubourgs occidentaux." Header for upper text: (suite de la page précédente
74).
box 1*, page 76
98.R.14-p76
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Bureaux de la douane chinoise
(Haï-Kouan),
1883
Scope and Content Note
The caption continues: Bâteaux des indigènes. Résidence des européens au service de
la douane chinoise. Bouée de vapeur de Macao.
Header for upper text: Les douanes.
box 1*, page 77
98.R.14-p77
Lai Fong, Canton: Le principale rue de bibelots,
1883
Scope and Content Note
There is no header for the texts flanking either side of the photograph which
discuss Chinese streets.
box 1*, page 78
98.R.14-p78
Photographer unidentified, Canton: La porte de l'ouest,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper text: Dons; cadeaux; présents.
box 1*, page 79
98.R.14-p79
Photographer unidentified, [Canton: View of the City from the
Countryside],
1883
Scope and Content Note
Sites identified below the image include: Marché de Koun-shoun, chef-lieu de
district; Montagnes de Saï-chou; Plantation de cane à sucre. Header for upper text:
Les champs, les impôts.
box 1*, page 80
98.R.14-p80
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Riche tombe chinoise,
1883
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper and side texts: Dévotion envers des ancêtres.
box 1*, page 81
98.R.14-p81
Photographer unidentified, Canton: Báteau
Fleur de
Canton
,
1883
Scope and Content Note
There is no upper text.
box 1*, page 82
98.R.14-p82
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 83
98.R.14-p83
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 84
98.R.14-p84
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 85
98.R.14-p85
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 86
98.R.14-p86
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 87
98.R.14-p87
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 88
98.R.14-p88
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 89
98.R.14-89
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 90
98.R.14-p90
Blank page,
1874
box 1*, page 91
98.R.14-p91
Photographer unidentified, Le Japon en 1896: Vue de Nagasaki,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Hand-colored albumen print. No upper text.
box 1*, page 92
98.R.14-p92
Kusakabe Kinbē, Kobe,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: B. 1205. Caption on album
page: Le Japon en 1896: Vue panoramique de Kobé ou Hiogo et de ses quais. Hand
colored-albumen print.
box 1*, page 93
98.R.14-p93
Kusakabe Kinbē, Kobe,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: A. 1205. Caption on album
page: Le Japon en 1896: Vue panoramique de Kobé ou Hiogo et les ses quais. Hand
colored-albumen print.
box 1*, page 94
98.R.14-p94
Kusakabe Kinbē, Biwa Lake, from Miidera,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Caption and numbered in negative: 1259. Caption on
album page: Le Japon en 1896: Otsou et le lac Bioua ou Biwa. Vue prise de la
terrasse Meiidera. Hand colored-albumen print.
box 1*, page 95
98.R.14-p95
Kusakabe Kinbē, Festival Lanterns, Bentendori, Yokohama,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 520. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: la fête des lanternes, rue Bendentori à Yokohama. Hand-colored
albumen print.
box 1*, page 96
98.R.14-p96
Kusakabe Kinbē, Yokohama,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 560. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Vue panoramique de Kobé (portion de la ville commerçante indigène
et des quartiers européens). Hand-colored albumen print.
box 1*, page 97
98.R.14-p97
Kusakabe Kinbē, Yokohama,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 545. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Autre vue panoramique de Yokohama (ville japonaise). Hand-colored
albumen print.
box 1*, page 98
98.R.14-p98
Photographer unidentified, Le Japon en 1896: Le consulat de France à
Yokohama,
1896
Scope and Content Note
The view is from the canal and the consulat is shown in the middle ground on the
bank above it.
box 1*, page 99
98.R.14-p99
Kusakabe Kinbē, Railway Station Yokohama,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 544. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: La gare de chemin de fer à Yokohama. Hand-colored albumen
print.
box 1*, page 100
98.R.14-p100
Kusakabe Kinbē, Main Steet, Tokio,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 626. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Vue de la principale rue de Tokio. Hand-colored albumen print.
box 1*, page 101
98.R.14-p101
Kusakabe Kinbē, Prince Hotta's Garden, Tokio,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 643. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Vue du jardin du Prince Hotta à Tokio. Hand-colored albumen
print.
box 1*, page 102
98.R.14-p102
Kusakabe Kinbē, Autumn View of Maples, Oji, Tokio,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 637. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Aspect automnal d'érables à Odji, quartier de Tokio. Hand-colored
albumen print.
box 1*, page 103
98.R.14-p103
Kusakabe Kinbē, Uyeno Park, Tokio,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 667. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Vue du coin du park Uyeno ou Ouyeno à Tokio. Hand-colored albumen
print.
box 1*, page 104
98.R.14-p104
Kusakabe Kinbē, Osaka,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 1228. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Vue de Osaka. Hand-colored albumen print. The view is of the
rooftops of the city.
box 1*, page 105
98.R.14-p105
Kusakabe Kinbē, Fuji from Yoshiwara (Tokaido),
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: P 81. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Vue du Fusi-yama et du Tokaïdo prise de Yoshiwara. Hand-colored
albumen print.
box 1*, page 106
98.R.14-p106
Kusakabe Kinbē, Fuji from Hakone's Lake,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: E. 47. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Vue de Fusi-yama prise de lac Hakoné. Hand-colored albumen
print.
box 1*, page 107
98.R.14-p107
Kusakabe Kinbē, Fuji from Otometōge,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: E. 5r. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: autre vue de Fuji-yama et de la campagne japonaise prise de
Otométogué. Hand-colored albumen print.
box 1*, page 108
98.R.14-p108
Kusakabe Kinbē, Girl in Summer Costume,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 337. Caption on album page:
Le Japon en 1896: Une mousmée ou jeune fille japonaise en costume d'été.
Hand-colored albumen print.
box 1*, page 109
98.R.14-p109
Kusakabe Kinbē, Winter Costume,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 86. Caption on album page: Le
Japon en 1896: Une mousmée ou jeune fille japonaise en costume d'hiver. Hand-colored
albumen print.
box 1*, page 110
98.R.14-p110
Kusakabe Kinbē, Eating,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption in negative. Numbered in negative: 51. Caption on album page: Le
Japon en 1896: Repas de jeunes filles ou mousmées dans une maison de thé à Yokohama.
Hand-colored albumen print.
box 1*, page 111
98.R.14-p111
Photographer unidentified, [Actors in
Alonso the
Brave and the Fair Imogene or Faust and Mephistopheles
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
Page with three photographs of actors in the December 22, 1882, Canton Amateur
Theatrical Society (CATS) production of
Alonso the Brave and
the Fair Imogene or Faust and Mephistopheles
. Depicted from left to right
are Faust and Imogene, the first and second soldiers, and Sybel. The other roles and
the names of the actors playing them are noted.
Header for upper text: Barbares-diables étranges.
box 1*, page 112
98.R.14-p112
Photographer unidentified, [Two Scenes from
Alonso
the Brave and the Fair Imogene or Faust and Mephistopheles
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
Page with two photographs of actors in the December 22, 1882, Canton Amateur
Theatrical Society (CATS) production of
Alonso the Brave and
the Fair Imogene or Faust and Mephistopheles
. Depicted on the left are Dr.
Faust and Alonso, and on the right, Alonso and Imogen. The other roles and the names
of the actors playing them are noted.
Header for upper text: (suite de la page précédente 111).
box 1*, page 113
98.R.14-p113
Photographer unidentified,
Alonso the Brave,
Mrs. Jack (G. Prat), dans le rôle de Dame Martha,
1882
Scope and Content Note
Page with two photographs of G. Prat in the December 22, 1882, Canton Amateur
Theatrical Society (CATS) production of
Alonso the Brave and
the Fair Imogene or Faust and Mephistopheles
.
Header for lower text: (suite de la page 112 ci-contre).
box 1*, page 114
98.R.14-p114
Photographer unidentified,, Translation des restes mortels de l'ancien
vice-roi de Canton "Yeh,"
ca. 1883
Scope and Content Note
Photographic reproduction of a painting by M. Baptista showing the return of the
remains of Ye Mingchen, the viceroy of Liang Kuang, to China after he died in exile
in Calcutta. Header for upper text: Mandarins, sceaux, boutons, et décorations.
box 1*, page 115
98.R.14-p115
Photographer unidentified, [Five Actors in
L'amour
d'une ingénue
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
Scene from the November 11, 1882, Canton Amateur Theatrical Society's (CATS) one
act productions. Actors and their lines are noted.
Note for lower text: (voir la suite page 116 ci-derrière).
box 1*, page 116
98.R.14-p116
Photographer unidentified, [Two Scenes from
L'amour
d'une ingénue
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
Page contains two photographs of scenes from the November 11, 1882, Canton Amateur
Theatrical Society's (CATS) one act productions. The roles and the names of the
actors playing them are noted.
Note for lower text: (suite de la page 115 ci-derrière).
box 1*, page 117
98.R.14-p117
Photographer unidentified, [Two Scenes from
J'invite
le colonel
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
Scenes from the November 11, 1882, Canton Amateur Theatrical Society's (CATS) one
act production. The roles and the names of the actors playing them are noted.
Note for lower text: (suite de la page 116 ci-contre).
box 1*, page 118
98.R.14-p118
Photographer unidentified, [Two Scenes from
Le
serment de Horace
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
Scenes from the December 7, 1882, Canton Amateur Theatrical Society's (CATS) one
act productions. The roles and the names of the actors playing them are noted.
Note for lower text: (suite de la page 117 ci-derrière).
box 1*, page 119
98.R.14-p119
Photographer unidentified, [Two Scenes from
Les deux
Timedes
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
Scenes from the December 7, 1882, Canton Amateur Theatrical Society's (CATS) one
act production. The roles and the names of the actors playing them are noted.
Note for lower text: (suite de la page 118 ci-contre). The note is dated:
Villenueve-de-Berg, novembre, 1900.
box 1*, page 120
98.R.14-p120
Photographer unidentified, Canton: H. B. W.'s SS
Swift,
1883
box 1*, page 121
98.R.14-p121
Photographer unidentified, Chine:
La
Victorieuse
cuirassé portant pavillon du contre-amiral Meyer,
1881-1883
Scope and Content Note
The names and ranks of the ship's personnel are listed and the text discusses the
ship.
box 1*, page 122
98.R.14-p122
Photographer unidentified, [Canton: The Community Members of Shamian
Island],
1883
Scope and Content Note
Group portrait taken on a lawn of the members of the European community in Canton.
Individuals are identified below the photograph and there is a brief description of
the community's composition.
box 1*, page 123
98.R.14-p123
Photographer unidentified, Hongkong: Les jardins publics,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper and side texts: Opium.
box 1*, page 124
98.R.14-p124
Photographer unidentified, Hongkong: L'Hôtel de Ville,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper and side texts: (suite de la page précédente 123).
box 1*, page 125
98.R.14-p125
Photographer unidentified, Hongkong: Le vapeur
City
of Peking
dans les docks Aberdeen,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper and side texts: (suite de la page précédente 124).
box 1*, page 126
98.R.14-p126
Photographer unidentified, Hongkong: Quai Peddar et la tour de
l'Horloge,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Headers for upper and side texts: (suite de la page précédente 125); Petits pieds
et ongles longs.
box 1*, page 127
98.R.14-p127
Photographer unidentified, Hongkong: Rue de la reine (centrale) partie
occupée par les Chinois sur les deux côtés,
1879
Scope and Content Note
Header for upper and side texts: (suite de la page précédente 126).
box 1*, page 128
98.R.14-p128
Photographer unidentified, Hongkong: Bowrington Praya (quai
Bowrington),
1879
box 1*, page 129
98.R.14-p129
Photographer unidentified, Hongkong: Bowrington Praya, résidences ou
bureaux de quelques maisons commerciales,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The locations of the trading houses and other businesses are noted below the
image.
box 1*, page 130
98.R.14-p130
Photographer unidentified, Mr. E. W. Mitchell dans ses divers
rôles,
1881
Scope and Content Note
The page contains three photographs of Mitchell playing various roles for the
Canton Amateur Theatrical Society. He was also the troupe's stage manager.
box 1*, page 131
98.R.14-p131
Photographer unidentified,
Blue Beard
Burlesque,
1881
Scope and Content Note
Cast portrait of the Canton Amateur Theatrical Society's February 17, 1881
production. Players and their roles are listed below the image.
box 1*, page 132
98.R.14-p132
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Le maison du gouveneur et le poste de
police sur le quai,
1879
box 1*, page 133
98.R.14-p133
Photographer unidentified, Macao: La grotte de Camoens,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The text flanking the image discusses the Portuguese poet, Luís Vaz de Camões, who
was exiled to Macau.
box 1*, page 134
98.R.14-p134
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Casernes des troupes indiennes et bureau
central de police,
1879
box 1*, page 135
98.R.14-p135
Photographer unidentified, Macao: L'hôpital,
1879
box 1*, page 136
98.R.14-p136
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Fort de Saint-François et
casernes,
1879
box 1*, page 137
98.R.14-p137
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Cimetière catholique,
1879
box 1*, page 138
98.R.14-p138
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Le phare,
1879
box 1*, page 139
98.R.14-p139
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Temple chinois sur les bords du port
intérieur,
1879
box 1*, page 140
98.R.14-p140
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Résidence d'été du
gouverneur,
1879
box 1*, page 141
98.R.14-p141
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Maison Thomas G. Mercer,
1879
Scope and Content Note
The group portrait depicts G. Prat's friend, E. W. Mitchell, who worked for Mercer
as a tea taster, with his Chinese staff.
box 1*, page 142
98.R.14-p142
Photographer unidentified, Macao: Maison Thomas G. Mercer,
1879
Scope and Content Note
View of the trading house with E. W. Mitchell standing on the veranda.
box 1*, page 143
98.R.14-p143
Photographer unidentified, Bal masqué chez Mr. & Mm. G. M. Smith
(Jardine, Matheson & Co.),
1879
Scope and Content Note
The page contains two photographs of the costumed actors. The names of the players,
their nationalities, and their roles are listed below the image. Header for upper
text: Quelques locuitons pidgin english.
box 1*, page 144
98.R.14-p144
Photographer unidentified, Bal masqué chez Mr. & Mm. G. M. Smith
(Jardine, Matheson & Co.),
1879
Scope and Content Note
Group portrait of all the actors in costume.
Header for upper and side texts: (suite de la page précédente 143).
box 1*, page 145
98.R.14-p145
Photographer unidentified, [G. Prat and Friends],
1878
Scope and Content Note
G. Prat and seven friends posed on porch steps.
box 1*, page 146
98.R.14-p146
Photographer unidentified, [G. Prat and Friends on Porch],
1878
Scope and Content Note
Prat, sitting on the steps, is posed with seven friends. Header for side texts:
Quelques locutions pidgin english (suite de la page précédente 145).
box 1*, page 147
98.R.14-p147
Photographer unidentified, Lawn Tennis,
1877
Scope and Content Note
The names of the people gathered for the group portrait are recorded below the
image. Although the British began playing tennis on croquet lawns in 1877, calling
it lawn tennis, some of the people in this group portrait are holding croquet
mallets, and there is a croquet ball centered on the lawn in front of the group.
Only one man, seen in the back row left, holds a tennis racquet.
Header for upper and side texts: (suite de la page précédente 146).
box 1*, page 148
98.R.14-p148
Photographer unidentified, Bungalow de Messrs. Thomas &
Mercer,
1877
Scope and Content Note
G. Prat and J. D. Monro sit on the steps of the employee bungalow flanked by three
Chinese staff.
Header for upper and side texts: (suite de la page précédente 147).
box 1*, page 149
98.R.14-149
Blank page,
1874
Scope and Content Note
The page is unnumbered.
box 1*, page Back free
endpaper
98.R.14-bfe
Back free endpaper
1874
box 1*, page Back
paste-down
98.R.14-p
Back paste-down endpaper
1874
box 1*, Item Back cover
98.R.14-bc
Back cover,
1874
box 1*
Loose photographs,
1877-1900
Scope and Content Note
Arranged topically in three groups: European community in Guangzhou; Guangzhou views;
Rhone River Valley views.
box 1*
The European community in Guangzhou,
1877-1883
box 1*
98.R.14-1
Photographer unidentified, [G. Prat and Friends on Porch],
1878
Scope and Content Note
This is another copy of the photograph on page 146 of the album.
box 1*
98.R.14-2
Photographer unidentified, [G. Prat and Friends],
1878
Scope and Content Note
This is another copy of the photograph that appears on page 145 of the album.
box 1*
98.R.14-3
Photographer unidentified, [Scene from
Le serment
de Horace
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
The photograph is another copy of the one that appears on the left side of page
118 of the album.
box 1*
98.R.14-4
Li Yong, [Studio Portrait of Four Mustachioed Young European
Men]
1879
Scope and Content Note
The photographer's name and address are wet stamped on the mount below the image:
Li Yong photography. Sheng Cheng, 18 Fu (or Pu?). Translation by Susan Chow.
box 1*
98.R.14-5
Photographer unidentified, [Scene from
Les deux
Timedes
, with One Actor Seated],
1882
Scope and Content Note
The photograph is another copy of the one that appears on the right side of page
119 of the album.
box 1*
98.R.14-6
Photographer unidentified, [Scene from
Les deux
Timedes
],
1882
Scope and Content Note
The photograph is another copy of the one that appears on the left side of page
119 of the album.
box 1*
98.R.14-7
Photographer unidentified, [Scene from
Le serment
de Horace
] with Couple in the Center],
1882
Scope and Content Note
The photograph is another copy of the one that appears on the right side of page
118 of the album.
box 1*
98.R.14-8
Photographer unknown, [Studio Portrait of Six European Men, One Holding a
Parasol],
between 1877 and 1883
box 1*
Photographer(s) unknown, Guangzhou views,
1900
Scope and Content Note
Written on the versos of all photographs in either pencil or pen: Canton 1900. The
photographs themselves may be of an earlier date.
box 1*
98.R.14-9
[Two Guardian Statues]
Scope and Content Note
Numbered in upper left corner of verso: Pages 28 bis et 29 bis. The ink
description on the verso references the photographs of the guardians found on
pages 28 and 29 of the album.
box 1*
98.r.14-10
La Crique (Back Road de Namseen)
Scope and Content Note
Title from annotation pencilled on verso. The photograph depicts a narrow
waterway crowded with tethered sampans.
box 1*
98.R.14-11
Intérieur du temple de 500 génies
Scope and Content Note
Title from annotation pencilled on verso.
box 1*
98.R.14-12
Autre vue du quai chinois
Scope and Content Note
Title from beginning of descriptive annotation pencilled on verso.
box 1*
98.R.14-13
Dockyard des torpilleures à Whampoa
Scope and Content Note
Title from anotation pencilled on verso.
box 1*
98.R.14-14
Autre côté de Cour des Examens
Scope and Content Note
Title from beginning of descriptive annotation pencilled on verso. Numbered in
upper left corner of verso: Page 19 bis. This image is related to the one on page
19 of the album.
box 1*
98.R.14-15
Autre aspect du Macao fort
Scope and Content Note
Title from beginning of descriptive annotation pencilled on verso. Numbered in
upper left corner of verso: Page 27 bis. This image is related to the one on page
27 of the album.
box 1*
Photographer(s) unknown, Rhône Valley views,
1880s
Scope and Content Note
Albumen prints mounted on gray or cream board.
box 1*
98.R.14-16
Rhône: Tombeau du maréchal de Castellane,
1880s
Scope and Content Note
Title from annotation pencilled on verso.
box 1*
98.R.14-17
[Steamers and Cargo at the Docks],
1880s
box 1*
98.R.14-18
Barbe et le Mont d'Or, vue du Fort de Cuire,
1880
Scope and Content Note
Title from annotation on verso. Dated on verso: 4 juliett '80.
box 1*
98.R.14-19
L'Ardèche de la route de Ruoms,
1880
Scope and Content Note
Title from caption on verso, which continues: ...vue prise de la rive gauche. 26
septembre 80. Written in upper left corner of verso: (Ardèche).
box 1*
98.R.14-20
Toulon: Le port (darse vieille),
1880s
Scope and Content Note
Title from annotation pencilled on verso.
box 1*
98.R.14-21
[Crowd and Parading Dignitaries],
1880s
box 1*, Item Sheet 1
98.R.14-s1
Liste de vues à demander à Canton,
between 1884 and 1900
Scope and Content Note
The single sheet folded in half to create four pages contains an undated manuscript
list with descriptions of 19 photographs of Canton that Prat wishes to acquire. At the
end of the list he explains that they could be sold to residents of Canton or to
"globe trotters" as souvenirs, and that he hopes to be the one to facilitate this. He
also explains which photographs would be easy to obtain and which would require
permission of the subjects represented, or in the case of number 17, the festival of
the dragon boat, would need to be taken on a specific date, here "le 5me jour de le
5me lune."
