A bride and bridegroom [prints 32-33]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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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.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view looking across the city, with the site of the old factory in the centre foreground: 'In 1684, a small patch of land on the bank of the river at Canton was granted to the East India Company, with permission to erect a factory there, provided al...
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the entrance gatehouse of the temple, 'one of the largest Buddhist establishments in the south of China.'
Tea picking in Canton. Photographer: Thomson, John
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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...
Physic Street, Canton. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the narrow, paved street, lined with Chinese shop signs: 'Physic Street, or more correctly, Tsiang-Lan-Kiai (our Market Street), as the Chinese term it,—is one of the finest streets in Canton, and, with its varied array of brightly colou...
Rolling scented caper and gunpowder teas. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of two men, supported by their arms from a beam, rolling bags of tea into large balls with their feet.