Guangzhou Collection

Pagoda and Village, on the Canal near Canton, China, c1840. Artist: WH Capone
Pagoda and Village, on the Canal near Canton, China, c1840

Street scene, Canton, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Street scene, Canton, China, 1898. The figure with a long pipe on the right is a soldier. Strasse in Canton, rauchende Soldat

Boats on the Pearl River, Canton, China, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Boats on the Pearl River, Canton, China, 1898. Flower-boats and warehouses in the busy port city. Blumenboote, Am Flussufer in Canton, Pfandthurm

The Recent Riots at Canton, c1883. Creator: Unknown
The Recent Riots at Canton, c1883. Wharf at Canton, where the rioting began, and from which a Chinese porter fell into the water and was drowned. Porters on the quayside at the port of Canton in China

View of Whampoa, Canton River, China, (1938)
View of Whampoa, Canton River, China, showing on the right the East Indiaman Waterloo, of 1315 tons, built in 1816 and broken up in 1834, (1938). Whampoa was an anglicised version of Huangpu

Canton, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Canton, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

How Qua, Head of the Hong Merchants in Canton, c1830. Artist: George Chinnery
How Qua, Head of the Hong Merchants in Canton, c1830. Howqua (1769-1843), the most important of the Hong merchants in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong

Canton Barge-men fightng Quails, 1843. Artist: Augustus Fox
Canton Barge-men fightng Quails, 1843. After Thomas Allom (1804?1872). From China Illustrated, by Thomas Allom. [The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, London, 1843]

Chinese bride and bridegroom, Canton, China, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Chinese bride and bridegroom, Canton, China, late 19th or early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The crowded canal, from the English Bridge, Canton, China, 1901. Artist: HC White
The crowded canal, from the English Bridge, Canton, China, 1901. Stereoscopic card. Detail

European factories at Canton (Guangzhou), China, c1875. The Thirteen Factories was an area of the port city of Canton where foreign trade was permitted from the 18th century

Scene on the river at Canton, China, c1840

Chinese Court of Justice, Canton, China, early 20th century

A street of flower boats, Canton, China, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A street of flower boats, Canton, China, 1900. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Chinese boats in the Canton river, 19th century. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson

Whampoa near Canton, the anchorage for European shipping, 1847. Artist: JW Giles
Whampoa near Canton, the anchorage for European shipping, 1847. The port of Huangpo in Guangzhou, China. Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

The English factories at Canton, 1847. Artist: JW Giles
The English factories at Canton, 1847. Guangzhou, (also known as Canton), was a Factory or trading port in China. After the end of the first Opium War between Britain and China in 1842

Farm in Canton province, China, late 19th century. Artist: Adrien Marie
Farm in Canton province, China, late 19th century

Looking down the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) at Canton (Guangzhou), China, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) at Canton (Guangzhou), China, 1900. Stereoscopic slide

The Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) at Canton (Guangzhou), China, 1902. Artist: CH Graves
The Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) at Canton (Guangzhou), China, 1902. Stereoscopic slide

Mission children, with one little American girl, Canton, China, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Mission children, with one little American girl, Canton, China, 1900. Stereoscopic slide

Children, Canton, China, early 20th century(?)

A street in Canton, China, c1900s. Published by Lau Ping Kee

View in Canton, 1900. The British Consulate. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Scene on the Honan Canal, near Canton, China, c1840. Artist: James B Allen
Scene on the Honan Canal, near Canton, China, c1840

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