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41. 1787.d.7, 1(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(22)
Title:
The toilet. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a Chinese woman, seated at a table and looking into the mirror of her cosmetics box, with another woman and a young girl posed behind her.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

42. 1787.d.7, 1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(23)
Title:
Four heads [23-26], types of the labouring classes. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Half-length portrait of an elderly Chinese man, wearing spectacles and holding a fan.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

43. 1787.d.7, 1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(24)
Title:
Four heads [23-26], types of the labouring classes. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Half-length left profile portrait of an elderly Chinese woman, posed to show her elaborate hairstyle.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

44. 1787.d.7, 1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(26)
Title:
Four heads [23-26], types of the labouring classes. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Half-length of a young girl, 'an unmarried woman, engaged with her family in the management of a cargo boat, used in the loading and unloading of ships. The cloth on her head is used as a protection from the sun...'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

45. 1787.d.7, 1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(30)
Title:
A Canton lady. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing right profile portrait of a Chinese woman.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

46. 1787.d.7, 1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(32)
Title:
A bride and bridegroom [prints 32-33]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait of a Chinese bride, in wedding costume. Location unspecified, but probably photographed in Hong Kong.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

47. 1787.d.7, 1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(33)
Title:
A bride and bridegroom [prints 32-33]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait of a Chinese bridegroom, in wedding costume. Location unspecified, but probably photographed in Hong Kong.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

48. 1787.d.7, 1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(40)
Title:
Tea picking in Canton. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of four women, seated at a table in the open, sorting tea: 'Black teas, after being partially dried in the sun, and slightly fired, are rolled either by the palm of the hand on a flat tray, or by the foot in a hempen bag. They are scorched in...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

49. 1787.d.7, 2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(10)
Title:
Mode of carrying child. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length portrait of a Pepohoan woman of Formosa (Taiwan), carrying a baby in a cloth sling.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

50. 1787.d.7, 2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(11)
Title:
Costume of Baksa women. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a Pepohoan woman of Formosa (Taiwan), posed in the open, 'a full-length type of a Baksa girl.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item