Hoi-How, the Proposed New Treaty Port, Island of Hainan

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: c. 1868
Medium: Collotype, pl. XII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)
Dimensions: Image: 7.1 × 30.5 cm (2 13/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Album page: 35.1 × 47.1 cm (13 7/8 × 18 9/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photography
Style: 19th century
Place: Scotland
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. George R. Rinhart, and Charles C. Cunningham, Samuel P. Avery Endowment
Accession no.: 1971.403a.12

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