(China, Hong Kong, Asia, British Royal Navy, British Forces ...

Hammer

£3,400

(China, Hong Kong, Asia, British Royal Navy, British Forces Overseas Hong Kong), two photograph albums c.1903-1904 containing 400+ mounted photographs mainly of Hong Kong & China, a few Singapore, Macau etc, both albums with "H.J.A. McCaffery" in gilt to front covers, images depicting architectural, street amd topographical scenes, images of local populace/inhabitants, members of British army and navy at leisure, British Navy and other warships, various other ships and boats, etc etc., larger album (leaves approx 25 x 32cm) containing approx 275 mounted photographs, all with contemporary manuscript pen & ink captions, images includ Hong Kong harbour, "prisoners in the canque Wei-Hei-Wei", prisoner in the stocks, "Kennedy Town Hospital West Point - Hong Kong", junks at Wei-Hein-Wei, H.M.S. Blenheim, Kowloon City, skipping drill on deck of unknown British Navy ship, "Loading junk with lime near Taikoo", village of Taikoo, "Interior of a Chinese Joss House (Temple)", fishing village, Chinese junks, Shau Kei Wan bay and village, sampans at Shau Kei Wan, several images of Japanese and Russian ships, Battle of Chemulpo bay, Russo-Japanese War, February 1904, including "Russian cruiser Varyag deserted & abandoned. On fire at sunset", "Group of Russian Sailors on board HMS Talbot", "Varyag keeling over to port at sunset", "Japanese cruiser Chyoda proceeding to sea prior to fight", "Sunken cruiser Varyag at low water", "Blowing up of the Koretz by Russians" etc, various images Hong Kong including Hong Kong gardens, Cap-si-mun, Dockyard gates, view from the peak, near Stanley, mount Kellett, "A blind beggar", "Grasscutter at work (Chinese girls in background)", several images of a visit to Tai Mo Shan mountain, various local inhabitants working incl. water carrier, rickasha coolie, farm labourers at work, grass cutter etc., Indian tailor's shop, various images of Dragon Boat festival, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, 1904, "deformed labourer at Ti Mo Shan digging up pineapples", group photograph of British Officers captioned "Group of Ex-Buglers & Boys of R.E. N.C.O.'s Mess Hong Kong. May 1904", m/s names to mount of the 13 men including "S. Sgt McCaffery", another image overleaf of H.J.A. McCaffery seated on rickshaw, two photos of electric trams in Hong Kong, 1904, Des Voeux Road, and crossing Bowrington canal, large image inspection of the Hong Kong police force at Central Police Station Hong Kong, Lai Chi Kok including harvest, Kowloon, large photo "Hong Kong Harbour 1904 (Kennedy Rd ... A Block)", prisoners HM naval yard Hong Kong, King's Birthday Parade Happy Valley 1904, "V.R.C. aquatic sports . Kowloon 1904", "A high class Chinese school near Macao, South China (Portuguese Colony)", various images Royal Engineers regatta Hong Kong 1904, a few images Singapore, Port Said, Ismailia Suez canal, "Blake Pier Hong Kong decorated for reception of Sir Matthew Nathan RE Governor of Hong Kong 1904", etc etc, oblong album, contemporary boards gilt, images various sizes approx 6 x 10cm-20 x 28cm, later rebacked half leather gilt; the smaller album leaves approx. 16 x 25cm, approx. 128 mounted images, mainly approx 10 x 14cm, Hong Kong images including Queen's statue, Praya central, City hall, Peak Disctrict, Queen's Road looking West, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Des Voeux Road, harbour, trams, old city of Kowloon, Yan-Ma-Ti, etc, then a series of images of Canton, including nine storey Pagoda, "Examination Hall Canton", library at Canton, five storey Pagoda (City Walls of Canton), "Temple of the 500 Geneii Canton", Shameen Canton, joss house, Shameen canal, "native sawyer at work", Chinese soldiers, photograph of five men shackled in foreground, soldiers in background, captioned "Awaiting execution", the photograph beneath captioned "After" showing men posing next to decapitated bodies, the following photograph captioned "heads on posts - bodies mutilated", "prisoners in stocks (hanging by their chins)", "bodies of murderers cut into pieces", farmer, lady spinning yarn, family/social trip to Chin Wan good friday 1903, street scene Chin Wan, several images of Macau including Boundary Arch, landing stage, gardens, Chinese street, Praya Grande etc., some family photographs, one captioned "wedding group Miss Olive Blake and Captn. Arbuthnot M.V.O. Scots Gds", photograph of Pagoda in distance on Pearl river, first bar Pagoda, second bar Pagoda and Tiger Island, Pearl River, field workers near Chin San, "H.J.A McCaffery & his cat", a few images Tai Hang Joss House, close up photograph of nine storey Pagoda Canton, machine gun practice at stonecutters, etc etc, all with contemporary m/s pen & ink captions beneath to mount, oblong, original boards, later rebacked leather/leather corners gilt (2)