Cleveland Museum of Art
London Nomades
John ThomsonLinkedCulture matchlcp-9763a45e8186
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- woodburytype
- Culture
- England, 19th century
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 325419
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
“In London there are a number of what may be termed, owing to their wandering, unsettled habits, nomadic tribes,” wrote John Thomson’s collaborator, reporter Adolphe Smith. Living in wagons, they moved around the city, working seasonal jobs or selling cheap wares at fairs and markets or door to door. This wagon was owned by William Hampton, “a man of fair intelligence and good natural ability” who was, however, illiterate and had a “dread of education.”
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- Credit line
- Photography Discretionary Fund
- Provenance
- (Antiquariat Dr. Jens Mattow, Berlin, Germany) | March 4, 2019: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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