I am interested in which artists have passed through, or indeed lived in, Hong Kong since the late eighteenth century, partly as I am a keen on the history of Hong Kong, but partly as I would like to (potentially) invest in something with a local flavour. Of course, everyone is aware of George Chinnery who spent many years in Macau in the early half of the nineteenth century. I understand he spent some time in Hong Kong, and indeed has a bar named after him in The Mandarin hotel. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1951
I asked my father, Raymond Smith, if he would arrange for me to see a woodcarving workshop. He took me along to a shop which sold camphor wood chests and we went down to the basement and I was introduced to a worker who was very young.<Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1951
This is a detail of a larger camphor wood panel. I asked the man carving it if he could carve his name and the name and address of the shop on the right side. I have never had these letters translated, so I have no idea what they say.
To see an image of the whole panel and read the rest of its story, click here. <Read more ...>
