Portrait of Mrs Choong Eng Hye née Ho Guat Im

Collections
1567176
Title
Portrait of Mrs Choong Eng Hye née Ho Guat Im
Year/Period
Ca. 1960s
Region
Penang
Object Type
gelatin silver prints
Material
photographic gelatin, silver gelatin paper, metallized glass, wood (plant material)
Technique
photographic processes, gelatin silver process
Dimension
Frame size: 100.3 x 69.8 x 2.0 cm,
Image size: 90.3 x 60.0 cm
Accession No.
2023-00572
Collection of
Peranakan Museum
Credit Line
Gift of Sam Choong

This is a portrait of Datin Ho Guat Im (1910 – 1993). She married Choong Eng Hye (1904 – 1983) on 21 January 1927. Guat Im was the younger daughter of Mr Ho Kim Teik (2022-00047), the founder and chairman of Georgetown Motor Garage Ltd. in Penang.