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Victoria Peak, Hong-Kong, 1857. Creator: Unknown.
![Victoria Peak, Hong-Kong, 1857. Engraving from a sketch '...by the late Arthur V. Johns, Esq., H.C.S...[near] the town of Victoria, Island of Hong-Kong...a north-east view of Victoria Peak, 1800 feet high, taken from the Harbour master's Flagstaff, showing Caine's House, late the residence of Governor Sir John F. Davis, Bart. Below is a Chinese Bungalow, the first solid building erected on Hong-Kong as a European residence in 1841, by the present Lieut.-Governor, Col. Caine; to the right, on the slope of the hill, the Magistracy and Prison compound'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.](/photos/prev/NmViMmEzMA/album_alb9663121.webp)
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Title:
Victoria Peak, Hong-Kong, 1857. Creator: Unknown.
Caption:
Victoria Peak, Hong-Kong, 1857. Engraving from a sketch '...by the late Arthur V. Johns, Esq., H.C.S...[near] the town of Victoria, Island of Hong-Kong...a north-east view of Victoria Peak, 1800 feet high, taken from the Harbour master's Flagstaff, showing Caine's House, late the residence of Governor Sir John F. Davis, Bart. Below is a Chinese Bungalow, the first solid building erected on Hong-Kong as a European residence in 1841, by the present Lieut.-Governor, Col. Caine; to the right, on the slope of the hill, the Magistracy and Prison compound'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.
Credit:
Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Image size:
1970 x 1685 px | 9.5 MB
Print size:
16.7 x 14.3 cm | 6.6 x 5.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ARTHUR V. JOHNS • ARTHUR V. • B & W • B / W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITAIN • BRITISH EMPIRE • BRITISH • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CENTURY • CHINA • COLONY • COLOR • COLOUR • EMPIRE • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING • ESQ. • GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE • GEOGRAPHY • H. C. S. • HONG KONG • ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS • ILN • JOHNS • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • LOCATION • MOUNTAIN RANGE • MOUNTAIN • MOUNTAINS • NEWSPAPER • NEWSPAPERS • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PEAK • PRESS • PRINT COLLECTOR, THE • RANGE • SIERRA • TOWN • VICTORIA PEAK • WHITE AND BLACK • WOOD ENGRAVING • XIX CENTURY
