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Archive Reference (shelfmark) 1787.d.7, 4 Subject Labourers

1. 1787.d.7, 4(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(8)
Title:
Tientsin men. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 4(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(52)
Title:
A collector of printed scraps. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of a scap collector, posed with his wooden rake: 'So great is the veneration of the Chinese for letters, that men such as our old friend here are employed to collect scraps of printed paper, which are afterwards burned before some shrine. That is...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871-1872
Extent:
1 item

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