A Mandarin's house, Peking. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the facade of the two storey house, with the owner, 'Mr Yang, a gentleman enormously rich, and holding an official rank in Peking,' seated in front of the entrance and with other members of his household posed on the verandah above.
Reception room in a mandarin's house [Beijing]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the interior of Mr Yang's house in Beijing (see also prints 12 and 14), looking towards the window, in front of which a figure is seated.
An inner court in a mandarin's house [Beijing]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the courtyard towards part of the house belonging to Mr Yang (see also prints 12-13), with plants and a small bridge in the foreground.
Manchu female coiffure. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Half-length seated portrait, from the front, of a Chinese woman, illustrating her distinctive hairstyle.
An old Mongolian woman. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Three-quarter length portrait of a Mongolian woman. Captions for prints 19 and 20 have been inadvertently transposed.