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11. 1787.d.7, 3(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(14)
Title:
The cage punishment. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a of a criminal encased in a wooden framework, from which his neck projects, 'so constructed that the prisoner has the choice of either suspending himself by the neck to relieve his toes, which just touch the board, or of standing on his t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

12. 1787.d.7, 3(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(35)
Title:
Our Chinese interpreter. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of Thomson's interpreter, posed with two crew members on the boat in which he travelled up the Yangtze.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

13. 1787.d.7, 3(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(44)
Title:
Chinese coal miners. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of four miners near Patung, posed on the sloping hillside.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

14. 1787.d.7, 3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(6)
Title:
Ningpo ladies. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of two women, showing their manner of dress and hairstyle.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

15. 1787.d.7, 3(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(1)
Title:
The Fukien Temple, Ningpo. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across the temple courtyard towards one of the shrines: 'Among the chief attractions of the town of Ningpo, is the Tien-how-kung, or 'Queen of Heaven' Temple, the meeting house of the Fukien Guild. I have chosen this edifice as the frontispiece of t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

16. 1787.d.7, 3(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(7)
Title:
Shanghai Bund in 1869. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the Shanghai waterfront, showing European business premises lining the Bund.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

17. 1787.d.7, 3(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(13)
Title:
The caingue punishment. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a kneeling man, wearing the caingue, a square wooden collar, with the wrong-doer's crime proclaimed on a card on the front of the board: 'The caingue...is one of the lighter punishments of China, inflicted for minor offences, such as petty...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

18. 1787.d.7, 3(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(11)
Title:
Shanghai wheel-barrows. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of a couple seated in a single-wheeled wooden barrow, pushed from behind by a labourer.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869-1872
Extent:
1 item

19. 1787.d.7, 3(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(32)
Title:
Wu-chang Tower. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the Huang he lou or Yellow Crane Pavilion, partly obscured by the wall in the foreground: 'As to the tower, it was built originally in the early half of the sixth century, when the Chin dynasty was on the throne ... The tower was dem...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

20. 1787.d.7, 3(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(23)
Title:
Ruins of the Porcelain Tower, Nanking. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View showing a figure posed beside what appears to be the cap or finial of the tower.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

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