Manchu female coiffure. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Half-length seated portrait, from the front, of a Chinese woman, illustrating her distinctive hairstyle.
Manchu female coiffure. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Half-length seated portrait of a Chinese woman. Captions for prints 19 and 20 have been inadvertently transposed.
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait, against a plain backdrop, of two Manchu women, apparently the same figures seen in print 33.
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing portrait of a Manchu soldier, posed against a plain backdrop and holding a matchlock gun.
The Drum Tower, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view: 'The Drum Tower of Peking stands a little to the south of the Bell Tower, and is also a structure dating from the beginning of the fifteenth century ... The Tower now contains a drum such as is commonly found in all Chinese cities, for marking the ...