Hand-colored albumen stereograph from the Views in China series, numbered 33, depicting the entrance to the Yamun of Pei Kwei, identified on the printed label as the residence of the Governor of Canton, a Mandarin of the First Class. Produced for the Western export market, likely in Canton (Guangzhou), China, mid-19th century.

The Yamun served as the official administrative and judicial compound of a high-ranking Qing official. Images of such sites were rarely accessible to Western visitors, making stereoscopic views like this part of a broader commercial effort to document imperial architecture, governance, and daily life for European and American audiences during the treaty-port era following the Opium Wars.

The scene shows a formal compound with tiled roof architecture, flanking trees, and figures positioned near the entrance, emphasizing scale and authority. The stereograph is mounted on a standard card with decorative printed border, English captioning, and series number, consistent with commercially issued China-view stereos intended for parlor stereoscopes.