This studio photograph shows four women in Chinese robes posing in an interior setting. The caption ‘Chinese women’ is inscribed at the bottom of the page. The studio portrait on the verso shows an unidentified man in Chinese robes.The caption ‘Chinese professor’ is inscribed at the bottom of the page. These were probably taken by G.R. Lambert and Co.G.R. Lambert and Co was a leading and the most enduring of the European photography studios in Singapore. The studio was established in 1867 by Gustave Richard Lambert, who was originally from Dresden, Germany. Popular among the elites, the firm was often chosen as the official photographers for important state events in Singapore. In 1861 it was appointed as the official photographer of the King of Siam and the Sultan of Johore.
