Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00009037Cantonese Boy; Cantonese Merchant; Mongolian Male Head; A Venerable Head; A Labourer; Mongolian Male Head
by John Thomson
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Thomson / Scottish, 1837–1921
- Date
- c. 1868
- Medium
- Collotype, pl. IX from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)
- Dimensions
- Each image, oval: 7.8 × 6 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.); Album page: 47.1 × 34.6 cm (18 9/16 × 13 5/8 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.
- 1971.403b.9
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