The "Crawlers"

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) and / Adolphe Smith (English, 1846–1925)
Date: 1881
Medium: Woodburytype, plate 15 in the book "Street Incidents" (1881)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 11.5 × 8.7 cm (4 9/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Page/mount: 27.7 × 21.1 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photography
Style: 19th century
Place: Scotland
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Wentworth Greene Field Endowment
Accession no.: 1973.310o

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