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1. 1787.d.7, 1

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1
Title:
Illustrations of China and its people. A series of two hundred photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and people represented ... In four volumes. Volume I. Photographer(s): Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street. 1873. Folio, quarter leather and red cloth binding, measuring 475 x 360 mm, with original brown cloth and gilt upper board laid down on front endpaper; unpaginated. This volume contains 24 plates, with ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
51 items

2. 1787.d.7, 1(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(50)
Title:
Macao. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the Praya at Macao, with the bay to the right: 'The principal residences front the bay, round which runs a broad carriage-drive, known as the Praya Grande, shown in the illustration. This picture was taken from the hill above Bishop's Ba...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

3. 1787.d.7, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(6)
Title:
A Chinese girl. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Three-quarter length seated portrait of a young Chinese girl.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

4. 1787.d.7, 1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(21)
Title:
Reading for honours. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length portrait of a young man, seated in front of wall scrolls and holding a book.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

5. 1787.d.7, 1(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(48)
Title:
Schroffing dollars. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) View of a group of Chinese men examining coins: 'Schroffing, or testing and examining dollars, is an operation conducted by the compradore's staff in receiving payment for cargoes, to ascertain that no counterfeit coin has been introduced...When all t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

6. 1787.d.7, 1(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(34)
Title:
Canton. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

7. 1787.d.7, 1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(41)
Title:
Physic Street, Canton. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the narrow, paved street, lined with Chinese shop signs: 'Physic Street, or more correctly, Tsiang-Lan-Kiai (our Market Street), as the Chinese term it,—is one of the finest streets in Canton, and, with its varied array of brightly colou...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(1)
Title:
Prince Kung. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length seated portrait of Yixin, Prince Kung, 'now about forty years of age ... the sixth son of the Emperor Tao Kwang ... Prior to 1860 he was little known beyond the precincts of the Court: but, when the Emperor fled from the summer palace, it was he who came ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

9. 1787.d.7, 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(2)
Title:
Hong Kong. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the waterfront, with the harbour to the right: 'The eminence on the left is Morrison's Hill, crowned with a row of substantially built foreign residences, and commanding an extensive and imposing view of the city and ports. Victoria, wit...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

10. 1787.d.7, 1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 1(10)
Title:
Boat girls. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Three-quarter length portrait of two girls, 'the two daughters of a respectable boating family.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

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