Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012680Street Advertising
by John Thomson
About the Artwork
The poster being pasted up by the two men in the late 1870s is an ad for Mme. Tussaud’s London, a museum of wax figures that is still in business today. The image was part of John Thomson’s publication Street Life in London, a group of essays and photographsthat was one of the first published compilations of social documentary photographs. It holds a place of honor in the histories of photography, the book, ethnology, and sociology.
Provenance
2006: (John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX) 2006-2022: Del Zogg, Concord, NC, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art June 6, 2022-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921)
- Date
- 1876–77
- Medium
- woodburytype
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Sharon & Del Zogg in honor of Wendy Watriss and Frederick C. Baldwin (1929-2021), co-founders of Fotofest, Houston, Texas
- Accession no.
- 2022.78
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