CHINA - CARTES-DE-VISITE A collection of 13 photo cartes-de-visite portraits of Chinese sitters, by Hing-Qua John & Co., Shanghai (7), Wise & Prindle of San Francisco (3), and others, albumen prints on card, images approx. 90 x 60mm., [1860s] (13) Footnotes: Includes seven images by 'Hing-Qua John & Co. 'Photographic Artists, Canton Road, No. 247, Shanghai'. Between one and five sitters, all with the same distinctive patterned carpet, with various props. Three images, captioned 'Cantonese women' (2) and 'Cantonese man' in pencil on verso, are by 'Wise & Prindle, 417 Montgomery Street, San Francisco'. Three (2 seated women, one with Chinese lute; man with umbrella and fan; Young male scholar seated with books on table, and whisk) are by an unidentified photographer. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing