Cantonese Boy; Cantonese Merchant; Mongolian Male Head; A Venerable Head; A Labourer; Mongolian Male Head

Creator Name

John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921;
John Thomson

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Title

Cantonese Boy; Cantonese Merchant; Mongolian Male Head; A Venerable Head; A Labourer; Mongolian Male Head

Creator

John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921;
John Thomson

Worktype

Photograph; photography; photograph

Cultural Context

Material

Collotype, pl. IX from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)

Dimensions

Each image, oval: 7.8 × 6 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.); Album page: 47.1 × 34.6 cm (18 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

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Date

Made: c. 1868

Provenance

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. George R. Rinhart, and Charles C. Cunningham, Samuel P. Avery Endowment

Style Period

19th century

Rights

Public Domain

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Scotland

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