Title
Untitled
Year/Period
ca 1910s
Region
Nanjing, China
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: 32.5 x 38.0 cm,
Object size: (Mount) 32.5 x 38.0 x 0.2 cm,
Image size: 21.2 x 27.7 cm
Object size: (Mount) 32.5 x 38.0 x 0.2 cm,
Image size: 21.2 x 27.7 cm
Accession No.
2020-00096
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This school photograph shows a group of schoolgirls posing along an arcade of four arches. Embossed on the mounting board is the studio mark: Yong Fong, Nanking.Chinese-owned photographic studios started to operate in significant numbers in China in the 1860s. Many photographers had previously been painters who produced portraits and other pictures for foreign customers. Observing the growing popularity of photography, a number of these painters learned photographic techniques by working at early Western studios in cities such as Hong Kong and Shanghai.
