of the Canton harbor, one with a three-floors pagoda, 1893Pigment-carbon printing applied to cardboard, high weight, 21.5 x 16 cm (including cardboard 33 x 24 cm)Header of the photographer and cliché applied to the front, a printed dedication to the archduke Franz Ferdinand.Provenance: Italian private collection.Eduard Hoker, taxidermist and photographer, was selected along with other professionals to accompany the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) on a journey that in 1892-1893 would have led him around the world for scientific and ethnographic purposes. The three photos presented here are entitled and dated: "China 'Canton Fluss' 23. Juli 1893"; "China 'Canton Fluss' 23. Juli 1893"; "China Canton 'Five storry Pagodas' 23. Juli 1893".