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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1787.d.7, 1 Subject Occupations Material Type Photographs

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

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(7)
Title:
A Hong-Kong artist. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length profile portrait of a Chinese artist, seated at his easel: 'There are a number of painters established in Hong-Kong, but they all do the same class of work, and have about the same tariff of prices, regulated according to the dimensions of...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(12)
Title:
Musicians. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Three-quarter length seated portrait of a Chinese woman playing a guitar-like instrument, another young girl standing behind and to the left.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(13)
Title:
Musicians. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length seated portrait of a man and a woman, playing a violin- and a guitar-like instrument.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.7, 1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(25)
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 man of the labouring classes, 'stripped to the waist, as is his wont during the hours of toil...'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

5. 1787.d.7, 1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(31)
Title:
The lady's maid. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait of a Chinese maid, holding a large fan: 'This maid is a slave girl, bought in childhood for a trifling sum from her poor parents ... This girl has been reared in the bosom of the family, and trained to wait on the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(42)
Title:
Rolling scented caper and gunpowder teas. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

8. 1787.d.7, 1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(43)
Title:
Weighing tea for exportation. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View showing tea being weighed on scales supported by sheerlegs, with a European figure seated in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

9. 1787.d.7, 1(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(44)
Title:
A tea house, Canton. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) 'A number of men may be seen during the tea season in front of the house, employed, as shown in the photograph, in picking, sampling, and sorting the tea, or in preparing the chests for its reception...'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

10. 1787.d.7, 1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(47)
Title:
Cantonese gentlemen. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of a Chinese compradore, 'or treasurer in a foreign mercantile house—a man who, by his legitimate savings and private trading speculations, has accumulated a large fortune.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

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