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1980 Briggs Pictorial View of Hong Kong and Kowloon


1980 Briggs Pictorial View of Hong Kong and Kowloon

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Hong Kong.

漫画视角下的1980年香港。


1980 (dated)
20 x 27.625 in (50.8 x 70.1675 cm)
HongKong-briggs-1980-4

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漫画视角下的1980年香港。

这是一幅由插画家兼历史学家汤姆·布里格斯(Tom Briggs)绘制的1980年香港地图,颇具魅力。地图从东面俯瞰香港,左侧是九龙,右侧是香港岛。天星小轮位于地图中心偏左下方,连接中环和九龙码头。地图上不仅充斥着香港商家的广告,还穿插着历史注释和幽默评论。例如,一位自称“世界货币分析师”的巫师声称他能“把钱变成几乎任何东西”。海港里的鱼儿则对香港的社会阶层评头论足——“自从他们搬到中层之后,就没跟任何人说过话了。”海盗“应宝财”(Eung Po Choi)声称,100年后他将成为“香港房地产开发商”。就连地下脱衣舞俱乐部“Bottoms Up”也赫然出现在地图上——而且是免税的。
出版历史和人口普查
这幅图由汤姆·布里格斯绘制,并于 1980 年印刷出版。我们知道还有另外三幅类似的画作在私人收藏中。
Cartographer

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.   Further Details...

Condition

Very good. The recto has an unusual high-gloss finish.

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