Oriental Gallery

Hong Kong street scene, 1890s C016/4499

Hong Kong street scene. Pedestrians, carts, rickshaws and signs in both Chinese script and English on a hill street in Hong Kong in the 1890s. At the time, this area was a British colony. This lantern slide, by US explorer and survey photographer William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), was obtained for the World's Transportation Commission, a worldwide survey carried out for the Field Columbian Museum of Chicago, USA. The lantern slides in this collection were hand-coloured with dyes and paints. Here, the areas at far right and left have not been coloured

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The Kitchen-God, 1922. Creator: Unknown

The Kitchen-God, 1922. The Kitchen God is the most important of Chinese domestic gods who protect the hearth and family, recognised in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, and Taoism. From "Myths and Legends of China", by E. T. C. Werner. [George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, Calcutta, Sydney, 1922]

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Game of Chess, 1555

XAM71632 Game of Chess, 1555 by Anguissola, Sofonisba (c.1532-1625); 72x97 cm; Museum Narodowe, Poznan, Poland; (add.info.: Anguisciola, Sofonisba (1527-1625): the artist's sisters Lucia, Europa and Minerva playing chess;); Italian, out of copyright

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