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Briggs, Tom L.


Tom L. Briggs (fl. 1968 - 1980) was an artist based in Hong Kong in the 1970s and 80s. He was the principal art teacher at King George V School. He produced a book with Colin Crisswell entitled Hong Kong: The Vanishing City, in 1977.
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Waning days of British Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, 1982.

1982 (dated)
29.75 x 19.75 in (75.56 x 50.16 cm)
HongKong-briggs-1982

$750.00

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An amusing 1982 pictorial map of Hong Kong by local illustrator and historian Tom Briggs. It highlights the cosmopolitan nature of 'old Hong Kong,' while also, perhaps self-consciously, revealing the chasm between the British elite and the local Chinese who made up most of the city's population. (more details)

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