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Untitled (General view of Hong Kong from the Scandal Point looking west)

William Pryor FloydLinkedCulture matchlcp-14f23ced172b

Date: 1866–73
Medium: albumen print
Culture: England, 19th century
Department: Photography
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 386329

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Hong Kong’s growth, coupled with the heavy traffic of visitors brought by maritime commerce, attracted numerous foreign and Chinese photographers who documented the city’s dramatic and rapid urbanization. The main customers for such views were Westerners—colonists, sailors, merchants, and visitors—rather than Chinese. In this view, the City Hall and St. John’s Cathedral tower over the harbor full of ships in the background. Hong Kong, a relatively barren island when ceded to the British in 1842, rapidly evolved from a free port to a British crown colony and mercantile center.

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Credit line: Sundry Art - Photography Fund
Provenance: Alexander Young Herries [1827-1918] | ?-2020: (Pump Park Vintage Photography, Co. Down, Ireland) | September 14, 2020: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH