John Thomson
Figures in Terracotta
About this artwork
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artist:John Thomson (1837 - 1921) Scottish
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title:Figures in Terracotta
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date created:1878
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materials:Lantern slide
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measurements:7.70 x 7.70 cm (image size); 8.30 x 8.30 cm (overall)
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credit line:Edinburgh Photographic Society Collection, gifted 1987
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accession number:PGP EPS 346.3
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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...
