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

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(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(27)
Title:
A Pekingese peep-show. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Street scene, with a group gathered round a peep-show apparatus: 'The peep-show also ... enjoys a large share of public favour. It is fitted with a series of lenses in front, through which the eye of the spectator beholds the wonders of the world. For...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 4(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(28)
Title:
Dealers in curiosities. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Street scene in Beijing, showing a group gathered to examine various pieces of metalware.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.7, 4(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(29)
Title:
A Pekingese costermonger. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Street scene in Beijing, showing a vegetable seller calling his wares: 'This man carries his shop on his shoulders; and we see him here informing the dwellers in a narrow lane that he has brought to their doors the choicest grapes of the season. When ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

5. 1787.d.7, 4(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(33)
Title:
Manchu bride and maid. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of the two Manchu women, posed in the same courtyard as seen in print 32.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

6. 1787.d.7, 4(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(34)
Title:
Manchu ladies. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait, against a plain backdrop, of two Manchu women, apparently the same figures seen in print 33.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

7. 1787.d.7, 4(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 4(35)
Title:
Manchu toilet. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length seated studio portrait, against a plain backdrop, of a Manchu woman, attended by her maid, who is arranging her hair, and with a young child standing on the left.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

8. 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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