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31. 1784.a.34, 2(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.34, 2(17)
Title:
Haut-Bages et Croizet-Bages à Bages. Propriétaires: la famille Liberal et M. Calvé. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across land planted out with vines, towards the chateau on the hillside. It is not specified which of the two estates is featured in the photograph.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

32. 1784.a.34, 2(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.34, 2(25)
Title:
Château-Belair-Saint-Émilion à St. Émilion. Propriétaire: M. le Baron de Marignan. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across a field planted out with vines, towards the buildings of the chateau.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 1787.d.7, 1(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(45)
Title:
A tea-tasting room, Canton. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
'This photograph represents two Chinese tea merchants in a foreign taster's room, awaiting an offer for their samples. Every foreign house in Canton that does any trade in tea has a room specially fitted up for the accommodation of the taster. The windows of the room have a northern aspect, and ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

38. 1787.d.7, 2(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(60)
Title:
The tea plant. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View of rows of tea bushes on a plantation, with a picker at work.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

39. 1787.d.7, 2(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(61)
Title:
The tea plant. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View of rows of tea bushes on a plantation, with buildings in the background.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

40. 1787.d.7, 3(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(22)
Title:
Interior of workshop, Nanking Arsenal. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Interior of a workshop, 'where guns are turned, drilled, and rifled. A native workman may be seen at his post guiding a great foreign turning-lathe.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

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