Tombeau et Village entres Les Baies de Hong-Kong et de Cow-Loon.No.7.
Dessiné d'après nature par Aug. Borget, lith. par Eug. Ciceri.
Imp Lemercier Benard & C.e Paris, Goupil et Vibert édit. [n.d. 1842.]
Tinted lithograph. 280 x 361mm (11 x 14¼"). Some chipping around the edges.
A tomb and village set in the undulating hillside between Kpwloon and Hong Kong; a couple set some incense down by a tombstone and kneel to pray, other people in the village with their livestock. The view was published in Borget's 'Sketches of China and the Chinese' in 1842, the year that the British started leasing Hong Kong.
[Ref: 20394] £170.00
Imp Lemercier Benard & C.e Paris, Goupil et Vibert édit. [n.d. 1842.]
Tinted lithograph. 280 x 361mm (11 x 14¼"). Some chipping around the edges.
A tomb and village set in the undulating hillside between Kpwloon and Hong Kong; a couple set some incense down by a tombstone and kneel to pray, other people in the village with their livestock. The view was published in Borget's 'Sketches of China and the Chinese' in 1842, the year that the British started leasing Hong Kong.
[Ref: 20394] £170.00