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131. 1787.d.7, 3(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(16)
Title:
Silver Island, River Yangtsze. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the water towards the island: '...We proceed for about 140 miles up the river [from Shanghai] to Chinkiang [Zhenjiang]. A few miles below that city we pass the mouth of the Grand Canal, perhaps the greatest of the public works in China ... Here i...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

132. 1787.d.7, 3(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(17)
Title:
Golden Island, River Yangtsze. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Oval image. View looking across a stretch of open land on the riverbank, towards the monastery buildings and the Cishou Pagoda on Jin shan or Golden Island: 'Kin-Shan, or Golden Island, has attractions of its own no less remarkable than those of its sister islet bel...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

133. 1787.d.7, 3(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(18)
Title:
Scene in Nanking Arsenal. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two Chinese officers, posed with a workman among armaments of various sorts in the arsenal at Nanking (Nanjing): 'The Arsenal was built under the auspices of Li-hung-chang. It was the first of its kind in China, and stands near the site of...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

134. 1787.d.7, 3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(19)
Title:
Nanking. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view, looking towards the city walls, 'from a hill outside the southern gate. The wall, it will be perceived, is of great height here, in some places seventy feet, and thirty feet at its base. Very prominent among the groups of buildings seen above...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

135. 1787.d.7, 3(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(20)
Title:
The Ming Tombs, Nanking. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of the stone warriors lining the approach to the Tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang, founder of the Ming Dynasty.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

136. 1787.d.7, 3(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(21)
Title:
Foreign drilled troops. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group of Chinese soldiers at Ningpo (Ningbo) on parade, comprising 'a remnant of the 'Ever-victorious' Anglo-Chinese force who have been trained to European discipline and drill.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

137. 1787.d.7, 3(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(22)
Title:
Interior of workshop, Nanking Arsenal. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Interior of a workshop, 'where guns are turned, drilled, and rifled. A native workman may be seen at his post guiding a great foreign turning-lathe.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

138. 1787.d.7, 3(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(23)
Title:
Ruins of the Porcelain Tower, Nanking. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View showing a figure posed beside what appears to be the cap or finial of the tower.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

139. 1787.d.7, 3(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(24)
Title:
Kiu-kiang (Foreign Settlement). Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of European buildings lining the Yangtsze riverbank in the foreign settlement at Kiu-kiang (Jiujiang).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

140. 1787.d.7, 3(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(25)
Title:
Street groups, Kiu-kiang. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) A carefully arranged study, portraying various occupations being carried out at the roadside, including an itinerant soup-seller, a letter-writer, a barber and a wood-turner.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item