Large Albumen Photograph - Cricket At Hong Kong Club - 1873 for Sale

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Large Albumen Photograph - Cricket At Hong Kong Club - 1873 For Sale

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Large Albumen Photograph - Cricket At Hong Kong Club - 1873:
$511.90

Large Albumen Photograph - Cricket At Hong Kong Club - 1873A large (approximately 27cm x 19.5cm) albumen photograph of cricket being played at the exclusive Hong Kong Club in 1873.
The date is confusing because the ship on which the owner of the album travelled on didn’t reach Hong Kong until November 1874 (and left in January 1875). So, please bear in mind the year may be incorrect.
There is some minor discoloration and small tears to the outer edges of the photograph, but there is enough detail to restore the image and photoshop it once scanned.
It is mounted to a board from an album. Please handle it with care (I will place it in a plastic sleeve before shipping it in a box for protection).Some history is known about it:
It was the found in the personal photo album of the then Lieutenant Alfred Carpenter RN who was an officer on the HMS Challenger expedition of 1872 to 1876. The album passed down through the family until I managed to purchase it as part of a probate sale. I have no idea if other copies of it are still in existence.
For the sake of completeness, there is a photo, on the other side of the board, of the Governor’s House in Gibraltar._gsrx_vers_1664 (GS 9.8a5 (1664))