A Chinese cemetery

Title
A Chinese cemetery
Year/Period
c. 1870
Region
Singapore and/or Malaysia
Object Type
albumen prints
Material
albumen paper
Technique
albumen process
Dimension
Object size: H5.7 x W9
Accession No.
1991-00817
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

This photograph of a Chinese cemetery is part of the 'Souvenir de Straits Settlement Singapore Malacca Penang' collection by S.A. Schleesselman. A photographer who used Singapore as his base to visit outlying locations, he opened a studio at 30 Orchard Road in March 1875, but ceased operations by June 1877.

 

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