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John ThomsonWW-1963-024190

1963·Collotype, pl. XXIII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)·Image: 20.2 × 30 cm (8 × 11 13/16 in.); Album page: 34.7 × 47.1 cm (13 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1963
Medium: Collotype, pl. XXIII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)
Dimensions: Image: 20.2 × 30 cm (8 × 11 13/16 in.); Album page: 34.7 × 47.1 cm (13 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: John Thomson

Artist

John Thomson

John Thomson was a British photographer and explorer active in the mid to late nineteenth century, known for documentary photography of East Asia and the Near East. Working primarily in albumen and carbon print processes, he produced extensive photographic surveys of China, Cambodia, and Egypt that combined ethnographic observation with landscape documentation. His work represents a significant archive of late-colonial visual culture and demonstrates the technical refinement possible within large-format field photography of the period.

Edinburgh, Scotland

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