Title
“1/2 Chinese 1/2 Malay”
Creator
Year/Period
1862–1865
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Frame size: 22.5 x 27.5 x 3.5 cm,
Image size: 10.8 x 6.6 cm
Image size: 10.8 x 6.6 cm
Accession No.
2018-00130
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This carte de visite shows a nyonya in a sarong kebaya seated on an ornate chair next to a large vase. This photograph was probably taken by John Thomson. John Thomson (1837 – 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer and one of the first to travel to Asia. Studios were already established across the Strait Settlements and the Dutch East Indies by the 1840s and became increasingly prevalent in the 1850s. During the 1920s, Chinese-owned studios dominated the studio photography trade in Southeast Asia.
