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Call Number:

PH-00302

Collection Name:

J. (John) Thomson Photography Collection

Creator:

Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921 (1837 - 1921)

No. of Items:

4 items

Span Dates:

1876-1898

Description:

The collection consists of three woodburytype prints (964:0070:0001-0003) from "Street Life in London" and one platinum print (964:0907:0001) by J. (John) Thomson. Titles follow:

964:0070:0001 -- Photography on the Common, c. 1875;
964:0070:0002 -- Waiting for a hire, c. 1875;
964:0070:0003 -- Dealer in Fancy-Ware, 1876;
964:0907:0001 -- Portrait of Princess Mary Victoria, 1898.

Accession No(s):

964:0070:0001-0003; 964:0907:0001; Gernsheim Collection.

Location(s):

T Box, Medium (964:0070:0001-0003)
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T Box, Small (964:0907:0001)
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See Also:

16 mounted albumen prints (including 2, 3-plate panoramas) in The antiquities of Cambodia: A series of photographs taken on the spot. 1867. f DS 567 T566 HRC-P (964:0968:0001-0016)

200 albumen prints in Illustrations of China and her people. 1873-1874. f DS 709 T475 HRC-P (964:0969:0001-0200)

22 albumen prints in Photographic album accompanying The Ever Victorious Army. 1868 (This work is attributed to Thomson and was to accompany the work by Andrew Wilson.) f DS 759 P568 HRC-P (964:0970:0001-0022)