Early photos of Hong Kong island

Thank you to Martyn Gregory for sharing these old photos of Hong Kong island with us. They date back to the late 1800s.

You can click on any photo to visit its page. There you can zoom in to see more detail, read any notes about the photo, and add a comment about where and when it was taken.

The first two are from the mid-levels. I've seen this one before:

But the album also had its companion photo on the facing page, giving a rough panorama of the area:

Down to the shore for the next couple:

Before heading up to The Peak:

Further East are two views of the area around Morrison and Hospital Hills:

Then in to Happy Valley. It was a popular subject for photos, both the cemetery:

And the racecourse: 

And fnally a view of one of Jardine's grand houses near today's Causeway Bay::

Thanks again to Martyn for sharing these photos from his private collection.

Martyn is a specialist in 'China Trade' paintings and pictures related to the Far East: that is, works of the period 1700-1900, by both Western artists and Chinese artists who painted 'in the Western manner' for the traders and ships' officers who visited the China coast. You can learn more at: http://www.martyngregory.com/

Regards, David

PS I'm flying to London this evening, so there won't be any newsletter for a couple of weeks til I'm back to Hong Kong next month.

PPS Update - Thanks to Herostratus for pointing out that the first two photos show the area around Hospital Road, not Caine Road as I'd written. I've updated the text.