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 ...
A bride and bridegroom [prints 32-33]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait of a Chinese bride, in wedding costume. Location unspecified, but probably photographed in Hong Kong.
A bride and bridegroom [prints 32-33]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait of a Chinese bridegroom, in wedding costume. Location unspecified, but probably photographed in Hong Kong.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view looking across the city, with the site of the old factory in the centre foreground: 'In 1684, a small patch of land on the bank of the river at Canton was granted to the East India Company, with permission to erect a factory there, provided al...
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the entrance gatehouse of the temple, 'one of the largest Buddhist establishments in the south of China.'