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[Portrait of man and boy]
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
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1862–1872
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- Scottish
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- c7a0eff0-bd82-483f-a786-81d9c3a1accc
A portrait of a man and a boy standing beside a small desk. The boy is holding a writing utensil and there is a sign in front of the table with Chinese writing on it, advertising fortune telling.
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