Percy Reginald Hill

Summary

Percy Reginald Hill (1888–1950) was a chartered accountant with Evatt & Company in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (1906–1919) and an amateur photographer of everyday life in Singapore and Malaya: rubber plantations, temples, coastal and river villages, street and market scenes, and portraits of hawkers and residents. His collection of sixty 8 cm glass plate negatives, some hand-coloured by Hill himself, was donated to the National Library, Singapore in 2008 by his family and is digitized on the library's PictureSG platform. Born in Lancashire, he left Singapore in 1919 for Sydney, Australia, where he died in 1950.

Focus areas: Photography · Singapore · Malaya

At a glance

Field

Photography · Singapore

Location

Singapore

References · in priority order

1. BiblioAsia: the Percy Hill collectionisomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/339/13de50a1-b4ba…
2. BiblioAsia: Picturing Singaporeisomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/339/4e50509c-2576…
3. Namesake: Percy Hill, the American band (JamBase)www.jambase.com/article/percy-hill-celebrates-2…

Sources

• Born 1888 in Lancashire, England; left Singapore in 1919 for Sydney, Australia, where he died in 1950National Library Singapore (BiblioAsia)
• Chartered accountant with Evatt & Company in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, 1906-1919National Library Singapore (BiblioAsia)
• Amateur photographer of everyday life in Singapore and Malaya: rubber plantations, Chinese temples, coastal and river villages, tongkangs and ships, tropical fruits, street and market scenes, and portraits of hawkers and residentsNational Library Singapore (BiblioAsia)
• His collection comprises 60 glass plate negatives (8cm x 8cm), some of which he hand-coloured himselfNational Library Singapore (BiblioAsia)
• Daughter Mrs Eleanor O'Hara offered the plates to the National Library, Singapore in 2007; the library received the donation on 22 February 2008 from her daughter Ms Katherine HayleyNational Library Singapore (BiblioAsia)
• The Percy Hill Collection is digitized in the National Library's PictureSG platform (e.g., its 1900s Thian Hock Keng Temple image)National Library Singapore (BiblioAsia)

Disambiguation

This record is about the Singapore amateur photographer (1888–1950). Not to be confused with William Percy Hill (1885–1940), the English footballer or Percy Hill, the American rock band.