View of a sedan chair and a road showing the village of Wong Nei Chong and a mountain in the background, Happy Valley (also known as Wong Nei Chong Valley), Hong Kong (now Hong Kong, China)

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of a sedan chair and a road showing the village of Wong Nei Chong and a mountain in the background, Happy Valley (also known as Wong Nei Chong Valley), Hong Kong (now Hong Kong, China)

Date:

between 1860 and 1879

Description:

- The Race Course at Happy Valley (also known as Wong Nei Chong Valley) is just visible in front of the village of Wong Nei Chong, at lower left.
- Photographs PH1982:0643:067 and PH1982:0643:096 show the same sedan chair at the Race Course at Happy Valley (also known as Wong Nei Chong Valley) and were probably taken by the same photographer or photographic studio.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 9.7 x 12.3 cm secondary support: 28.3 x 36.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0643:067

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1982:0643:064, PH1982:0643:065, PH1982:0643:066, PH1982:0643:067, PH1982:0643:068, and PH1982:0643:069 are mounted on the same album page.

Inscription:

uninscribed - object uninscribed

Location:

Hong Kong; China;

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

road
mountain
horse racetrack
village
sedan chair
bearers

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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