John Thomson

John Thomson (1837-1921)
Hong Kong Views: Hong Kong; Hong Kong; East of Hong Kong; View of Stream to Eastwood; Praya Hong Kong; Hong Kong and Harbour; Public Gardens Hong Kong; Queens Road Hong Kong; Queens Road West; Hong Kong Club; Joss House; East Joss House; East Road; East Point: East Point Below .... Ground; East Point; Garden at East Point; Lower East Pond; Tommy; Valley from Stuart's Bungalow; East Point House; Douglas Castle; St Johns Cathedral; Wong Wei Chung Village; German Club; Wildflowers; To the Race Course; Happy Valley & Race Course; Chinese Hotel; Wanchai; Villagers; The Peak; Dragon Procession; Dragon Procession; Chinese Front; Chinese Shop; Clock Tower; and Cemetery
eight signed 'Thomson' in the plate, one ('Dragon Procession') annotated in pencil 'Oriental Barn', decorative titles in ink and watercolour on the mounts, title page inscribed in watercolour 'Hong Kong Views'
thirty-eight albumen prints laid down on card leaves, within a presentation photograph album by 'Jenner & Knewstub, 33 St. James's Street', owner's cipher in brass mounted on the brass bound green morocco boards, waterered green silk endpapers
overall 11 ½ x 15in. (29.2 x 38.1cm.)
the prints 9 1/8 x 11 ¾in. (23.2 x 29.8cm.) and smaller
(2)with William Thomas Mercer's family scrapbook including photographs of Mercer and his relatives, two pencil, pen and ink sketches by George Chinnery ('Chinese Procession' and a tank boat girl), miscellaneous photographs of scenery in Scotland, Oxford, London, Hong Kong and Peking (Chinese carved and pierced wooden boards bearing the initials 'WTM' within a shield, owner's bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper)