Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view looking across the town from a neighbouring hillside, with buildings of the foreign settlement in the foreground.
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of labourers, posed among the ruins of the Chapel of the Sisters of Mercy at Tientsin. Captions for prints 7 and 8 have been inadvertantly transposed (see note at print 7).
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the brick structure, shaded by awnings overhead: 'The subject of the illustration ... is a small tower in front of a monastery in the outskirts of Peking. This tower has been built over a living Buddhist priest, whose only means of communication ...
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait group of a man and two women, posed in front of a wall: 'The Mongols shown here ... belong to the nomadic and pastoral races inhabiting the steppes of Mongolia. They visit Peking in great numbers during the winter months, and bring with them ...
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length portrait of two Korean men: 'Corea is one of the nations tributary to China, and although her king may be esteemed an independent sovereign, he yet sends an annual embassy of tribute-bearers to Peking. I happened to be in that capital in 1871 whe...
One of the city guard, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a night watchman, holding the wooden clapper used to scare away thieves: 'The subject of this picture ... is an old Tartar bannerman, a humble member of the Manchu camp, who kept watch at the gate of the French hotel by night...'
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.