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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Untitled (Happy Valley Cemetery, Hong Kong)
Description
By 1865, Floyd had abandoned the merchant marine and become an assistant in a photographic studio in Shanghai. After briefly operating his own studio in Macau in 1866, he moved it to Hong Kong, which was a larger and busier port. For almost a decade, his was the most successful photographic studio in the Far East. In 1875, he closed that studio and moved to the Philippines.
Provenance
Alexander Young Herries [1827-1918); (Pump Park Vintage Photography, Co. Down, Ireland); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
20.2 × 27.4 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
2020.232
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of William Pryor Floyd (British, 1834–c. 1900)
Photography • England, 19th century • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
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