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English: Photograph of Sikh policemen in Hong Kong, ca.1870–72. This photograph was taken during the Tordenskjold's expedition to the east to lay undersea cables.

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Tietgen's interests in East Asia

On March 22, 2022, the auction company Bruun Rasmussen had some exciting photo collections for sale, including an album with pictures from the Far East. It is from an expedition to the East in the years 1870-1872, with the frigate Tordenskjold.

The frigate actually belonged to the Navy, but was leased to the director of the Great Nordic Telegraph Company, C.F. Tietgen. Its task was to lay down a "telegraph rope". In China, Japan etc.

The auction company writes: A collection of photographs from an expedition of the ironclad ship Tordenskjold 1870-1872. In album. Photographs of ship, crew, locals and destinations, including Gibraltar, Malta, Port Saïd, Hong Kong, Kanton (present Guangzhou), Shanghai, Nagasaki, a.o. Measurements of photographs: H. 11-22 x L. 14,3-29 cm. Measurements of photoalbum: H. 31,5 x L. 38 x D. 5 cm.

You can find out a little more about the expedition in the newspapers of the time. The photos are good, early photos from the East, so the album will probably fetch a good price.

Newspaper review: Bornholms Avis, April 16, 1870. Tordenskjold.

Amandeep Madra's analysis:

Sikh Police Hong Kong. The high status, wealth & therefore loyalty of these men is evident in this picture. These were often near hereditary jobs so generations of families were inducted into the police and army

Images of this photograph can also be viewed at: [1], [2]
Date ca.1870–72
Source [3]
Author Crew of the Tordenskjold expedition to the East

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Photograph of Sikh policemen in Hong Kong, ca.1870–72

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