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The Pearl River. Canton (Main View)
Lai Afong
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View of the steamboat, Kin Shan, moored at a pier on the Zhu Jiang River, also known as the Pearl or Canton River. Two people can be seen on the pier. A number of "sampans" or covered boats and riverside settlements are visible along the river.
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Details
- Title: The Pearl River. Canton (Main View)
- Creator: Lai, Afong
- Date Created: about 1870–1885
- Location Created: Canton, China; Guangzhou, China
- Physical Dimensions: 21.5 × 27.9 cm (8 7/16 × 11 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XA.1240.28
- Culture: Chinese
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Lai, Afong (Chinese, about 1839 - 1890)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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