This photograph shows a nyonya, flanked by vases and a spittoon, which are hand-tinted together with the jewellery she wears. The mounting board is stamped with the shop mark ‘Yong Fong Photographic Artist 96, South Bridge Road Singapore.’ Yong Fong was a photography studio run by Lee Yin Fun. His father was also a photographer, and his cousin, Lee King Yan established Lee Brothers Photographers at Hill Street, Singapore. Ranging from formal studio portraits to albums of snapshots of everyday life and stately ancestral portraits, this large group of photographs reveals the many forms of photography available and gives insight into the various aspects of the lives of Peranakans.
