John Thomson
Chaldean Tablets
About this artwork
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title:Chaldean Tablets
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accession number:PGP EPS 346.5
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materials:Lantern slide
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date created:1878
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measurements:5.60 x 6.70 cm (image size); 8.30 x 8.40 cm (overall)
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credit line:Edinburgh Photographic Society Collection, gifted 1987
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…
