On back: “Saia Ng Lien Khee Hiou… di Soerabaja roemah di kapasan GJ Boenbio 4 roemah No 49 dan familie saia ada Ng Liem Tjoan Poe. Ini portret ada saia poenja familie” ("I am Ng Lien Khee Hiou... in Surabaya [my] house is [located] in Kapasan GJ Boenbio 4, house no. 49 and my family includes Ng Liem Tjoan Poe. This is a portrait of my family")

This studio photograph shows three nyonyas (Peranakan women) wearing sarong kebaya and one baba (Peranakan man) in a white suit with a striped bow tie. Inscribed on the back: Saia Ng Lien Khee Hiou… di Soerabaja roemah di kapasan GJ Boenbio 4 roemah No 49 dan familie saia ada Ng Liem Tjoan Poe. Ini portret ada saia poenja familie (I am Ng Lien Khee Hiou... in Surabaya [my] house is [located] in Kapasan GJ Boenbio 4, house no. 49 and my family includes Ng Liem Tjoan Poe. This is a portrait of my family).Photography studios had been established across the Straits Settlements and the Dutch East Indies by the 1860s, with the earliest studios being European owned. Chinese- and Japanese-operated studios began appearing in increasing numbers in the 1890s, and by the early 20th century, these studios almost completely dominated the industry across Southeast Asia.

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