Lot 294 | Photo album from a travel to China and Japan

PHOTO ALBUM FROM A TRAVEL TO CHINA AND JAPAN.

Origin: China.
Date: 1939-1942.
Technique: Approx. 198 photographs and postcards in an album with black cardboards pages and covers from Chinese silk.
Description: Arrival with the battleship "Gneisenau" in 1939. The photographs show sights in and around
Beijing, including the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, various gates and temples. One
photograph also shows the French embassy counsellor Baron Fain with his wife, who was in
China at that time (1942). In addition, a funeral procession was recorded, as well as the
everyday life of the people. Also some photos of Japan .
Measurement: Album 34x45cm.

Provenance:
From the estate of Karl Wilhelm Hübsch (*23.2.1886), a corvette capitan who traveled a lot.

老照片相冊：中國日本之行

1939-1942年 

花紋絲面相冊，尺寸36x27.5cm。內含頁約198張黑白照片及明信片，黑色卡紙粘貼，記錄了德國軍艦格奈澤瑙號（德語：Geneisenau）艦長Karl Wilhelm Hübsch隨戰艦到達亞洲，遊覽北京及周邊著名景觀的生活，其中一張為1942年相約當時法國駐華大使Baron Fain攜夫人遊覽故宮。另有多張體現風土人情、市井生活，以及在日本等地的旅遊所見。

來源：德國海軍艦長Karl Wilhelm Hübsch先生（1886年2月23日出生）遺產拍賣。