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1518178993London.: Illustrated London News. August 151857. Two engravings 15 and 17.3 lower engraving x 23 cm on a single newspaper leaf related text mid-page in very good condition. Two engravings after drawings by the "Special Artist and Correspondent" Charles Wirgman 1832-1891 who used Hong Kong as his base for visits to Manila Macau and China. His descriptive commentary for each engraving is mid-page. He has placed himself in the first engraving with his characteristic straw hat. <br> <br>For more on Wirgman his partnership with Felix Beato and his foundational influence in Japan see the late Joan Kerr's article at Design and Art Australia online DAAO. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated London News. unknown
1518179430London.: The Graphic. March 151890. Engraving 15.1 x 22.6 cm plus caption on a trimmed newspaper leaf slightly toned the images in very good condition. Engraving redolent of colonial Hong Kong from a sketch by an engineer of the China Squadron Charles E. Eldred the Hong Kong Almanack for 1891 lists him as being aboard the British vessel Victor Emmanuel. The Hong Kong Polo Club also had strong military ties as the original commentary attests below the Secretary of the Club was a Staff Major Fletcher of the Royal Artillery. <br> <br>"This meeting took place on November 28th having been post poned on account of bad weather. The Chinese coolies were much interested in the bagpipes of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders probably because to their ears the sound bears a very close resemblance to that produced by a common Chinese instrument something like a flageolet. Within the enclosure almost the only people not English were the Chinese chair-coolies and the mah-Joos grooms. The chair-coolies cluster outside the Grand Stand the balcony of which is occupied chiefly by ladies. The professional coolies were naturally highly interested in the Chair Races which were the most amusing events in the programme. In the Fai-Tee Stakes the gentlemen amateurs appeared in regular coolie-costume. One of the riders borrowed his bagpipes from one of the Highland pipers; but they proved his destruction for when his team came to grief just outside the winning-post he sat on the ground playing his pipes and deafening himself to the shouts of the judges who were endeavouring to inform him that he had not passed the winning-post. In our picture the pipers have been accidently omitted.-Our engraving is from a sketch by Mr. Charles E. Eldred H.M.S. Cordelia Hong Kong." "The Graphic" March 15 1890 <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . The Graphic unknown
