Photographs
Stone Horses
Photograph
Details
- Author / creator
- Lai Fong (Afong Studio) (Chinese, c. 1839–1890)
- Object type
- Photograph
- Date or period
- c. 1870
- Dimensions summary
- Image: 22 × 29 cm
- Photo process
- Albumen
- Studio or series
- Lai Fong
- Place of origin
- China
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 2024
About this object
Lai was a talented photographer and shrewd businessman who operated a studio in Hong Kong called Afong Studio. He competed successfully with British and European competitors, perhaps because, as he advertised, his catalogue of views of China were “larger, choicer, and more complete…than any other in the Empire.” He provided an insider’s look at the modernization and other changes brought to China by trade and war with Western nations.
Materials and technique
Albumen print
