PUN-KY and FRANCIS CHIT

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PUN-KY and FRANCIS CHIT

Portraits of the Cambodian Royal family, the King of Siam and a study titled 'Almond Pedlar', circa 1870s

Five albumen print cartes-de-visite, each inscribed in pencil and with photographer's printed credit, Pun-Ky photographer (4), Francis Chit. Bangkok (1) on verso. (5)

Lot Essay

Including individual portraits of the King and Queen of Cambodia and their son, an interesting portrait of the King of Siam which can be compared with a daguerreotype of him by an anonymous photographer presented to Queen Victoria as a state gift. See Buckland, First Photographs, p. 21 (illus.)

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