An head and shoulders portrait of one of the crew of a Canton salt junk on board his vessel at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

An head and shoulders portrait of one of the crew of a Canton salt junk on board his vessel while at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. He is wearing a traditional tangzhuang and a woollen hat and is holding a pipe in his left hand. The photographer was in the area in the following periods: 6 to 28 May 1937; 14 October 1937 to 8 January 1938; 14 April to 4 June 1938 and 8 to 12 September 1938. Negative number P34126 is another portrait of this man.

Object Details

ID: P34252
Type: Rolled film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Waters, David Watkin
Places: China
Vessels: Canton Salt Junk
Date made: 1937-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waters Collection