The second of three images of Hong Kong from the Royal Photograph Gallery, introduced by one John Clark Ridpath and published in New York in June 1893. The publisher's aim was "to select and preserve the best" photographic materials and "to reproduce... the most striking aspects of the natural world and the highest and most beautiful works of man."
This substantial volume of more than 460 pages was almost certainly a wedding gift to my great-grandparents Henry Fine Chong (Cheng Fan Chong) and Lily May Ah Poo, who were married in Parramatta, NSW, in June 1896.
This photograph, scanned from page 113 of the Gallery's eleven-page section devoted to China, is identified as an unspecified:
GARDEN OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG, CHINA.
GARDEN OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG, CHINA.
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Submitted by bradpowe
Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Friday, August 8, 1890
Gallery:
Connections:
- GARDEN OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG, CHINA. shows Place Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens [1864- ]
- GARDEN OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG, CHINA. shows Place HKZBG fountain (1st generation) [1868-1932]
- GARDEN OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG, CHINA. shows Place Sir Arthur Kennedy’s statue [1887-c.1943]
