John Thomson & Adolphe Smith
Street Life in London (published book with photographs, see PGP 173.1 - PGP 173.37)
About this artwork
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title:Street Life in London (published book with photographs, see PGP 173.1 - PGP 173.37)
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accession number:PGP R 173
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materials:Albumen prints
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date created:About 1877
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measurements:Book: 27.70 x 22.00 x 2.60 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
John Thomson
John Thomson
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Thomson set up a studio in Singapore in 1863 and travelled to Ceylon, Siam and Cambodia the following year. In 1870 he travelled in Singapore, Vietnam and China and when he returned to Britain two years later, published 'Illustrations of China and Its People' and…