- Title
- Chang, the Chinese Giant
- Description
Whole-length, full face, standing, hand on shoulder of another man. Chang wears a dragon robe. The other man appears to hold something ornate in his hand. Note that the studio urn is moved to one side so that Chang can lean on it.
- Date
- c. 1871
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Ballarat
- External Url
- http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab60937
Versions
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- Title
- Chang, the Chinese Giant
- Description
Whole-length, full face, standing, hand on shoulder of another man
- Date
- c. 1870
- Type
- catalogue record + digital image
- Form
- carte de visite. Card mount has a red border and appears to be slightly elongated.
- Control
- H32780
- Source
General photographic collection; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details
- Rights
- Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria.
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- Date
- c. 1860
- Type
- Published photograph
- Form
- Caption: 'Proud and serence, Chang the Chiense giant towers over a fellow citizen in Ballarat. To get sufficient space, even the urn on which he leans has been pushed off-centre.'
- Creator
- Bardwell, William fl. 1858-1888, photographer
- Control
- p.125
- Source
Moore, David & Hall, Rodney, Australia: Image of a Nation 1850-1950, Collins, Sydney, 1983. Details
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- Title
- Chang Woo Gow
- Date
- 1871
- Type
- Published photograph
- Form
- carte de visite.
- Control
- p.30
- Source
Batchen, G., 'A perfect likeness', in Ellis, Helen (ed.), Mirror with a Memory: Photographic Portraiture in Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT, 2000, pp. 27-36. Details
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Created: 17 May 2003, Last modified: 6 October 2005
