John Thomson
British Photographer · 1837–1921
22 works on LinkedCulture
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
Works
A Mountain Pass in the Island of Formosa
Getty Museum · 1873
Bronze Temple, Wan-Show-Shan
Getty Museum · 1874
Camoen's House, Macao
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
Camoen's Monument, Macao
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
Chinese Marine Temple, Macao
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
Chinese Wall
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
Chinese Women
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
"Hookey Alf", of Whitechapel
Getty Museum · November 1, 1877
![[Houses along the banks of the Chinese River]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/a7d3798d-de47-4e0e-a300-ea6b6f19bae3/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Houses along the banks of the Chinese River]
Getty Museum · 1862–1872
Interior of the Salon of Mr. Victor Kresser, Director of the Hong Kong Bank
Getty Museum · about 1865
Macao
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
Pagoda, Peking
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
Pagoda, Shanghai
Getty Museum · 1890–1900
Passenger Wheelbarrow, Shanghai
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
Public Gardens, Shanghai
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
Rosslyn Chapel (Exterior)
Getty Museum · October 3, 1865
Rosslyn Chapel (Interior)
Getty Museum · October 3, 1865
Ruins of the Old Cathedral, Macao
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
![[Siemssen and Co. Building and the Ever Victorious Army Monument, Shanghai]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/c46f0778-fb98-40b4-86df-09972ce7a404/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Siemssen and Co. Building and the Ever Victorious Army Monument, Shanghai]
Getty Museum · 1870–1872
Temple Gate, Shanghai
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
The Barrier Gate, Macao
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s
The Bund, Macao
Getty Museum · 1870s–1890s