Rare ‘China Magazine’ 1860s Photographs of China & Hong Kong

Some photographs of China and Hong Kong from the 1860s, believed to be among the earliest of their kind in existence, came up for auction the other day. The scenes of ordinary Chinese life and Hong Kong streets and harbour are remarkable. The photographs are taken from the China Magazine, which began as a weekly publication on March 7 1868 and continued monthly until it reached its fourth and final volume in 1870.

Here’s a link to a selection of the images in the Daily Mail