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AT-00009049Foochow Coolies; A Foochow Detective; The Chief of Thieves; Beggars Living in a Tour
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. XXI from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)
- Dimensions
- Each image, approx: 11.9 × 12.1 cm (4 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.); Album page: 34.8 × 47.2 cm (13 3/4 × 18 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.21
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