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11. 1787.d.7, 2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(12)
Title:
Lakoli. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Pepohoan group in a village street, 'part of the village of Lalung, where we had hopes to fall in with a party of savages from the mountains ... Here, as indeed at most of the places visited, we were hospitably entertained.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

12. 1787.d.7, 2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(20)
Title:
Cantonese boy. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Head-and-shoulders full face portrait of a Chinese boy 'of the upper or most highly educated class, the son of a distinguished civil officer of Canton.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

13. 1787.d.7, 2(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(21)
Title:
Cantonese merchant. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Head-and-shoulders full face portrait of a young Chinese man, 'whose natural shrewdness and capacity for business have helped him on to a successful mercantile career.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

14. 1787.d.7, 2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(22)
Title:
Mongolian male head. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Head-and-shoulders full face portrait of a Mongolian man.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

15. 1787.d.7, 2(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(23)
Title:
A venerable head. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Head-and-shoulders left half-profile portrait of an elderly Chinese man, 'a labourer, and, although over eighty, still earns a living as a porter'.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

16. 1787.d.7, 2(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(24)
Title:
A labourer. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Head-and-shoulders full face portrait of an 'ordinary Chinese coolie, a fine specimen of the lower orders in China.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

17. 1787.d.7, 2(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(25)
Title:
Mongolian male head. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Head-and-shoulders left profile portrait of a Mongolian man.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

18. 1787.d.7, 4(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(45)
Title:
Mongols. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait group of a man and two women, posed in front of a wall: 'The Mongols shown here ... belong to the nomadic and pastoral races inhabiting the steppes of Mongolia. They visit Peking in great numbers during the winter months, and bring with them ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

19. 1787.d.7, 4(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(46)
Title:
Coreans. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length portrait of two Korean men: 'Corea is one of the nations tributary to China, and although her king may be esteemed an independent sovereign, he yet sends an annual embassy of tribute-bearers to Peking. I happened to be in that capital in 1871 whe...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 58773(121)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 58773(121)
Title:
Mongol lama with prayer wheel, Darjeeling. Photographer: Paar, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned in the negative and signed 'Th. Paar. Darjeeling.' Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Half-length studio portrait.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item