The chief of the thieves. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of four beggars: 'In Foochow the city is divided into wards, and within the limits of each ward a head man is appointed, who can count his descent from a line of illustrious beggars, and in him rests the right, which would seem to be, to keep...
Beggars living in a tomb. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of beggars, posed around a doorway: 'The worst class of beggars are the outlaws, who recognize no chief, and who live in holes and hovels about the burial grounds. I made the acquaintance of some of this class, and I have given a p...
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a beggar woman with her two children, the youngest held in her arms: 'The woman shown in the present picture was evidently no professional beggar. She simply presented herself at the doorway of the house where I happened to be lodging; there she waited si...
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait of a Japanese beggar, supporting himself with two bamboo sticks and with a placard around his neck.
Prisoner begging at Shangtsi, 31-7-06 Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a Tibetan youth, standing against a backdrop of mountains: 'On the 31st we wandered amidst sandhills nearly 15,000 feet above sea level and emerged at Shangtsi (a little over 14,000 feet), the residence of the Dzongpon of Tsaparang (Chabrang).' ('Progres...
Crippled beggar and wife. The beggar, his leg amputated at the knee, pours rice from a gourd into a dish held by his wife. Inscribed on back: ‘No.27. Beggars.’ Note: This picture, as already noted, closely resembles plate 39 in Charles Gold, ‘Oriental Drawings’ (London, 1806). There are a nu...