Parsi illuminations at Lyndhurst Terrace (擺花街), Hong Kong

Parsi illuminations at Lyndhurst Terrace (擺花街), Hong Kong

Identifier

NA16-003

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-003. 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. The lanterns and decorations were to celebrate the visit to Hong Kong of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. See a scan of Thomson's negative (Wellcome Collection ref: 18638i). See also NA14-68 and NA16-007.

Caption in album or on mount

Parsee Illuminations - Lyndhurst Terrace 1 November 1869

Caption on photograph

3

Location

Hong Kong

Date

Monday 1 November 1869

Photographer

Thomson, John

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London

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