Personnes et institutions:

Denis H. Hazell (photographer)
Mr. Jaffé (architect)

Titre:

Book of exterior views of Hong Kong (now Hong Kong, China) and nearby sites

Date:

published after 1924

Classification:
livres

Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 book(s)

Technique et médium:

Carbon prints photomechanical process

Dimensions:

book (closed): 21 x 28,2 x 1,8 cm comps. (range): 2,7 to 15,1 x 4,7 to 20,1 cm secondary supports: 20,4 x 28 cm

Numéro de référence:

PH1981:0028:001-028

Point de vue:

partial view
aerial views
exterior views

Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:

- The book is comprised of 24 photographs, 3 composite photographs and 1 photomechanical print. - Contemporary binding consists of brown cardboard covers with a photomechanical print (PH1981:0028:028) mounted on the front cover. The covers and pages are bound with a brown cord. Following the title page of yellowish white wove paper there are 27 light yellowish brown laid paper pages of which the first three are imprinted with text and the remainder are mounted with images on the recto and imprinted with text on the verso; the last page has no text on the verso. The images are mounted at the top corners, except PH1981:0028:001 and PH1981:0028:028, which are adhered by their entire verso surfaces to their secondary supports. Each image, except PH1981:0028:028, has an impressed and imprinted square border in brown ink, and each image, except PH1981:0028:001 and PH1981:0028:028, has a title imprinted in brown ink at lower centre. There is a detached sheet inserted in the album which is stamped in black ink with a decorative design, Chinese characters and: "TRADE MARK / Made in / CHINA".

Inscriptions:

imprinted - in letterpress and brown ink, on the cover, u.c.: "Picturesque"; and in white lettering, in the image, c.r.: "Hongkong" imprinted - in typescript and brown ink, on the title page, t. to l.l.: "Picturesque / Hongkong / Photographs by - . / DENIS H. HAZELL / [printers' ornament] / PUBLISHED BY / YE OLDE PRINTERIE, Ltd., / HONGKONG. / ALL RIGHTS STRICTLY RESERVED." inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the title page, u.l.: "Best Wishes / for a Happy Christmas. / Ho[d]ge." imprinted - in typescript and brown ink, on the 3 pages following the title page, recto and verso, t. to b.: with the forward of the book; and in typescript and brown ink, on the remaining 24 pages, verso, t. to b.: with text, including descriptions of the subjects of the images on the facing pages

Localisation:

Hong Kong; China;

Sujet:

architecture
architecture de paysage
ingénierie
ornement
topographique

Termes descriptifs:

courthouse
fence
stands (mercantile structures)
fountain
houses
chairs
stores
domes
city
road
ships
shop signs
squares (open spaces)
hills
sampans
bridge (built work)
tombs
buildings
arcade
signs
streets
mansions
islands
harbours
sailing vessels
cemeteries
columns (architectural elements)
cathedral
mountains
beaches
athletic fields
hotel (public accommodation)
recreation buildings
pedestrians
cliffs
sepulchral monuments
balustrade
boats
market (event)
port
terrace
urns
cenotaph
bays (bodies of water)
quays
sedan chairs
bathing beach
cable railroad
channel (water body component)
club (association)
dam
golf course
horse racetrack
mountain slopes
ossuaries (funerary containers)
peaks (landform components)
peninsula
piers (marine landings)
pots
railroad car
recreation areas
reservoir (water distribution structure)
resorts
seas
sports complexes
huts
commercial buildings
workers
junks
houseboats

Mention de crédit:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal