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1862 · Albumen silver print
8 3/4 × 11 7/16" (22.2 × 29.1 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Charles Thurston Thompson
British, 1816
PhotographyPhotography
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9
Works in Collection
17
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3
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Charles Thurston Thompson was a British photographer and museum curator active in the mid-nineteenth century. He pioneered the systematic documentation of museum collections and architectural artifacts through photography, establishing protocols for archival image-making that influenced institutional practice. His work bridged the emerging technical possibilities of the photographic medium and the curatorial demands of the Victorian museum.
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Rijksmuseum
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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National Gallery of Art
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