Frame size: 40.0 x 30.0 cm
This studio photograph shows a man posing with a frame and vase of flowers. Chinese text is inscribed on both the photograph and the mounting board, which is also stamped with the studio mark ‘Lee Brothers 58-4 Hill St Singapore.’The Lee Brothers was a photography studio run by the brothers Lee King Yan and Lee Poh Yan at 58-4 Hill Street between 1910 and 1940. Many of the leading personalities of the day, like Lim Boon Keng and Mrs Lee Choon Guan sat for photographs taken by the studio.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.
