Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012667A Commercial Street in Guangzhou
About the Artwork
Guangzhou, formerly known as Canton, is located on the Pearl River and has for centuries been a center of trade and commerce. The photographer emphasizes the energy and bustle of this street of shops and businesses through the blurred figure in motion at bottom left. Other men peer out to watch the photographer—not a common sight in those days—as he captures their image on film.
Provenance
?-2022: Michael Resch, Gates Mills, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Lai Fong (Afong Studio) (Chinese, c. 1839–1890)
- Date
- c. 1880
- Medium
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 29 x 22.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Michael F. Resch
- Accession no.
- 2022.341
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