Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Cleveland Museum of Art

Spotted

Lai Fong — A Commercial Street in Guangzhou
Lai Fong

A Commercial Street in Guangzhou

1880

Lai Fong's commercial photography offers rare visual documentation of late Qing dynasty urban life, capturing the bustling trade activities that defined Guangzhou's international character.

Medium
albumen print

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

More by Lai Fong

Commercial Street, Canton (recto)

Commercial Street, Canton (recto)

1860

Untitled (Hong Kong, St. John’s Cathedral, from the Parade Ground, H.M. Regiment on Parade)

Untitled (Hong Kong, St. John’s Cathedral, from the Parade Ground, H.M. Regiment on Parade)

1866

Commercial Street, Canton (recto); Untitled (man being carried in sedan chair, verso)

Commercial Street, Canton (recto); Untitled (man being carried in sedan chair, verso)

1860

Spotted works by Lai Fong

✦

Cleveland Museum of Art

4 spotted

About this work

Lai Fong, A Commercial Street in Guangzhou, 1880

Lai Fong's commercial photography offers rare visual documentation of late Qing dynasty urban life, capturing the bustling trade activities that defined Guangzhou's international character.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1880
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Albumen Print, Documentary, Photograph, Street Scene, Historical, 1880s, Guangzhou, Urban Landscape, Chinese

More works by Lai Fong

Collected by

Cleveland Museum of Art