Decorations in Bonham Road, Hong Kong, for the visit of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh

Decorations in Bonham Road, Hong Kong, for the visit of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh

Identifier

NA16-004

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

Hong Kong

Date

Monday 1 November 1869

Photographer

Thomson, John

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London