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.
An old Mongolian woman. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Oval image. Three-quarter length portrait of a Mongolian woman. Captions for prints 19 and 20 have been inadvertently transposed.
The Great Wall of China. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Great Wall, 'taken from the north of the inner wall, at a place called Pata-ling [Badaling].'
The Bronze Temple, Yuen-ming-yuen. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto the temple: 'This picture ... presents to the reader one of the most interesting buildings in the grounds of the Imperial Summer Palace, standing at the foot of Wan-show-shan upon a basis of white marble, and constructed—doors, windows, pi...