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541. Photo 983(38)

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Photo 983(38)
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*Part of a tower of Preasat Ling Poun [Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of one of the temple towers, showing two of the four faces, one carved on each façade. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 91x98mm]. Subjects = Khmer sculpture; printed books; sculpture; temples; Thomson, J., ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

542. Photo 983(39)

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Photo 983(39)
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*Huts at Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards thatched houses built in the temple grounds, with Cambodian figures posed in foreground. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 93x82mm]. Subjects = Khmer architecture; printed books; Thomson, J., 'The ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

543. Photo 983(40)

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Photo 983(40)
Title:
*Part of a bas relief, Nakhon Wat [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of section of bas-relief: battle scene with chariot. *Extra print, not included in original published version. [Albumen print, 89x98mm]. Subjects = Khmer architecture; Khmer sculpture; printed books; sculpture; Thomson, J., 'The antiquities of Cam...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

544. Wq4/6069(1)

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Wq4/6069(1)
Title:
A convict's home. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of the exterior of the lodging house in Drury Lane, 'now still frequented by hungry convicts or ticket-of-leave men,' with figures receiving food at the window. The proprietor Mr Baylis, whose history is given by Smith in the text, can be seen in...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

545. Wq4/6069(2)

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Wq4/6069(2)
Title:
The 'wall worker.' Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of three men, two seated and one standing, drinking in front of an inn. The figure on the right is identified as Cannon and the man in the centre as an 'old-clothes man' fallen on hard times: 'The 'wall working' or fence working...is a system...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

546. Wq4/6069(3)

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Wq4/6069(3)
Title:
Covent Garden labourers. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of labourers in the market at Covent Garden, posed with the wicker baskets using for carrying produce: 'the accompanying photograph represents a group of labourers who are in the service of Mr. Dickson, the well-known florist. Thei...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

547. Wq4/6069(4)

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Wq4/6069(4)
Title:
Halfpenny ices. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of an Italian ice cream seller, with customers crowded round his barrow: 'Italian ice-men constitute a distinct feature of London life, which, however, is generally ignored by the public at large, so far as its intimate details are concerned....
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

548. Wq4/6069(5)

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Wq4/6069(5)
Title:
Black Jack. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a man seated on a donkey cart: 'John Walker, commonly known as 'Black Jack,' or 'Darkie,' is one of the army of licensed hawkers who supply the daily wants of the Metropolitan poor...' Smith's text, much of it reproduced as Walker's verbat...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

549. Wq4/6069(6)

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Wq4/6069(6)
Title:
Cheap fish of St. Giles's. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of a fisher-seller and his stall, with customers crowded round: 'It has often been remarked that but for our cheap fish supply the poor of London would undoubtedly be reduced to the most acute stages of starvation. Notwithstanding, therefore, the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item

550. Wq4/6069(7)

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Wq4/6069(7)
Title:
Cast-iron Billy. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two men, posed at the rear of a horse-drawn omnibus. The figure on the left is, 'William Parragreen, known as 'Cast-iron Billy',' a driver since 1834 and now at the end of his employment with the London General Omnibus Company.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876-1877
Extent:
1 item