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[French Municipal Council Building, Shanghai]
Creator
John ThomsonBritish Photographer · 1837–1921
All works by this person →A chemistry student from Edinburgh University, John Thomson moved to the Far East in 1863, traveling and photographing throughout the 1860s in Cambodia, Ceylon, China, India, Indochina, Malaysia, and Singapore. He relocated to London in 1872, publishing the Asian images in numerous volumes. In 1876 he began making the pictures that would illustrate Adolph Smith's *Street Life in London,* an exposé
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- 1870–1872
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- Scottish
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 561fa3ff-8804-498b-b527-61fb328cda94
The facade of a large white building with a statue of a man in front. The man is in uniform and wearing a cape. The statue is on a pedestal flanked by two staircases leading to the building.
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