Chinese lion dance
Photographer
Gervaise Churchill Purcell
(1919-1999)
Date1950s
Object numberANMS1405[785]
NameNegative
MediumCellulose acetate negative, black and white
DimensionsOverall: 163 × 118 mm
Copyright© Leigh Purcell
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Leigh Purcell
DescriptionBlack and white negative depicting a photograph of a photograph of a Chinese performing group. There are two Chinese lions dancing with a man in the centre dancing.SignificanceThese photographic negatives were taken by Australian commercial photographer Gervaise Purcell from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.
