Portrait of a Man at Nanking Tombs/Stone Warriors; Stone Horses

Lai Fong was a talented photographer and shrewd businessman who operated a studio in Hong Kong called Afong Studio. He competed successfully with British and European competitors, perhaps because, as he advertised, his catalogue of views of China were “larger, choicer, and more complete . . . than any other in the empire.” He provided an insider’s look at the modernization and other changes brought to China by trade and war with Western nations.

Two vertically stacked albumen prints in warm brown tones depict stone statues along a grassy path. The top image features two tall, armored warrior figures facing each other across a dirt track, with a man in dark robes leaning against the figure on the right. The bottom image depicts two large stone horses kneeling toward one another. In both scenes, additional statues recede into the distance towards rolling hills under a pale sky.

Portrait of a Man at Nanking Tombs/Stone Warriors; Stone Horses

c. 1870

Lai Fong (Afong Studio)

(Chinese, c. 1839–1890)

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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