The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 25, 2025
Untitled (View on the Praya, looking east, Hong Kong)
1866–73
(British, 1834–c. 1900)
Image: 19.2 x 26.9 cm (7 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 19.2 x 26.9 cm (7 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Mounted: 25.5 x 26.9 cm (10 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Sundry Art - Photography Fund 2020.233
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Praya, a term used in colonial Hong Kong for the road by the waterfront, came from the Portuguese word praia, which means "beach."Description
Floyd’s views of Hong Kong possess a clarity of organization and elegance lacking in most of his competitors’ photographs. The row of white, Western-style commercial buildings divides the composition horizontally into thirds. In the foreground are water and a single Chinese boat that leads the eye to the closest building. The crisp cubic forms of the buildings stand out against the uniformly dark hillside that serves as their backdrop.- Alexander Young Herries [1827-1918]?-2020(Pump Park Vintage Photography, Co. Down, Ireland)September 14, 2020The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.233