John Thomson
1868 (ca)
Hong Kong facing the harbour

Glass plate
Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Library, London (V0036698)
 
The street is known as the Praya or Des Voeux Road. The buildings are the office of Jardine Matheson and Co while the one next door is the office of Dent and Co., their chief rival in the opium trade.
 
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