Title
“Chineesch jongetje” – Chinese boy
Year/Period
1890s-1900s
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Frame size: 30.0 x 26.9 x 3.3 cm,
Image size: 17.5 x 14.6 cm
Image size: 17.5 x 14.6 cm
Accession No.
2018-00112
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This studio portrait shows a boy with a fringed neck cape. The photograph is stamped with the studio mark ‘GR Lambert & Co Singapore’.G.R. Lambert and Co was a leading and the most enduring of the European photography studios in Singapore. The studio was established in 1867 by Gustave Richard Lambert, who was originally from Dresden, Germany. Popular among the elites, the firm was often chosen as the official photographers for important state events in Singapore. In 1861 it was appointed as the official photographer of the King of Siam and the Sultan of Johore.
