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[Urban river view]
Lai Afongabout 1870
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A paddle steamer, with Chinese characters on its side, is pulled up to a wharf in Canton. Surrounding the wharf are sampans and wooden shacks. On the opposite river bank are buildings on stilts over the water and large warehouses.
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Details
- Title: [Urban river view]
- Creator: Lai, Afong
- Date Created: about 1870
- Location Created: Canton, China; Guangzhou, China
- Physical Dimensions: 21 × 27.3 cm (8 1/4 × 10 3/4 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.XO.1356.29
- 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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