Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the pass leading to the Great Wall, with a man and donkey in the foreground and a small temple on the ridge to the left.
The Great Wall of China. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Great Wall, 'taken from the north of the inner wall, at a place called Pata-ling [Badaling].'
The old arch, Nankow Pass. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the stone gateway known as Guojie ta ('tower that straddles the road') at Kew-yung-kwan (Juyongguan) on the road to Badaling. The sides and interior contain bas-reliefs and inscriptions of Buddhist subjects
Bangkok, capital of Siam. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the west bank of the Chao Phraya, looking across the river towards the Royal Palace complex. With accompanying letterpress by John Thomson.
Genre: Landscape Photography View of junks and other local craft beached on the foreshore, with rocks rising behind. With accompanying letterpress by John Thomson: 'The harbour of Amoy is one of the safest and most accessible to be found along the coast of China, nor does its position lack pict...
Portrait of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Frontispiece. Oval image. Three-quarter length standing portrait of Prince Alfred (1844-1900), Duke of Edinburgh, in naval uniform, with facsimile lithographed signature below image: 'Alfred. Hong Kong 16th Novbr./69.'
Government House [Hong Kong]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 2. Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, with Government House and garden on the left and the town of Victoria and harbour and shipping beyond on the right. The photograph was presumably taken around the time of Prince Alfred's visit to H...
Queen's Road [Hong Kong], (prepared for illuminations). Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 5. View looking along the street, with houses bedecked with paper lanterns in honour of the visit of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
Chinese street [Hong Kong] (prepared for illuminations). Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 7. View looking along Lyndhurst Terrace, with houses bedecked with paper lanterns in honour of the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh and with a large and ornately-decorated arch in the foreground.
Hongkong facing the harbour. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Facing p. 11. View looking along the Victoria waterfront, presumably around the time of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit, with British commercial premises lining the quayside and sampans and other craft moored at the jetties.