Cabinet card of a European man

Title
Cabinet card of a European man
Year/Period
1896
Region
Singapore
Object Type
cabinet photographs
Material
ink, photographic paper
Technique
photographic printing techniques, photographic processes
Dimension
Image size: 16.5 x 10.6 cm
Accession No.
2020-00587
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

This photographic portrait of a young European man wearing a white suit and pith helmet was taken at Quan Seng Studio on 17 North Bridge Road, Singapore. It was one of the early Chinese-run photographic studios in Singapore. The reverse of this card bears the inscription, ‘My Darling Jan. 1896’.

 

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