The Temperance Sweep

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: John Thomson / Scottish, 1837–1921
Date: 1877
Medium: Woodburytype, from the album "Street Life in London"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 9.1 × 5.7 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/4 in.); Mount: 25.8 × 19.4 cm (10 3/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photograph
Style: 19th century
Place: Scotland
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Robert A. Taub
Accession no.: 2012.234.5

China and Its People
John Thomson
1874 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006414
China and Its People
John Thomson
1873 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006415
China and Its People
John Thomson
1874 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006416
China and Its People
John Thomson
1873 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006417