Title
Untitled
Year/Period
1860s-1870s
Region
Penang
Dimension
Object size: 10.4 x 6.6 cm,
Image size: 9.6 x 6.1 cm
Image size: 9.6 x 6.1 cm
Accession No.
2018-00152
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows a seated man in Chinese robes and a hat.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.
