This image previously appeared in Terry Bennett's "History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861–1879", published by Bernard Quaritch in 2010, with the caption:
Fig. 1.28. Hongkong Photographic Company. Advertisement for the Hongkong Photographic Company from the Chronicle & Directory for China, Japan, Philippines etc., 1875. Author’s Collection.
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It is reproduced here with the permission of the author and publisher.
Date picture taken
1875