Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA16-010. Image from an album in The National Archives referenced as ‘HONG KONG 3. Views of Hong Kong from the 1860s to the 1920s' (CO 1069-446). Three buildings indicated by lines drawn to the captioning on the album page, left to right: Gaol (Victoria Prison), Magistracy, and Superintendent of Police Quarters. The first Magistracy building in Hong Kong was built in 1847 and was demolished in 1912.

Caption in album or on mount

Victoria Gaol Hong Kong from The roof of Government House // Gaol / Magistracy. / Superintendent of Police Quarters.

Caption on photograph

Gaol / Magistracy / Superintendent of Police Quarters

Location

Hong Kong

Estimated Date

1860s-1890s

Tags

• building
• architecture
• landscape
• tree
• mountain
• police
• prison
• urban
• court
• gaol
• jail
• view
• TNA
• National Archives
• magistracy

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London

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