Title
Untitled
Year/Period
around 1870s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Frame size: 22.6 x 36.4 x 3.3 cm,
Image size: 10.2 x 6.2 cm
Image size: 10.2 x 6.2 cm
Accession No.
2018-00113
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This studio portrait shows a seated nyonya tenderly holding the hands of her companion. This photograph was probably taken by G.R. Lambert and Co.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.
