[Hong Kong]
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[Hong Kong]

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Portfolio

William Pryor Floyd

Maker
British, 1834–1900

[Hong Kong]

ca. 1868
Portfolio with albumen silver prints
Overall (covers): 12 1/16 × 15 × 3/8 in. (30.6 × 38.1 × 1 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1983.0905.0001-0045
DescriptionPortfolio with 45 albumen silver prints featuring scenes around Hong Kong. Each image is accompanied by a descriptive caption printed on its mount. Prints are stored separately from original housing. Covers are bound in brown leather and feature gold debossed lettering. They appear to be water damaged.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, C: HONGKONG \ VIEWS
Printed on applied label inside front cover, TLC: FROM \ FLOYD & CO., \ Victoria Photographic Gallery, \ No. 62, QUEEN'S ROAD, \ HONGKONG.
Inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf, TC: Grandpa Perdon left Hong Kong for Shanghai in 1868 \ with 2 children Ellie & Jack -

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