[Portraits of the executioner of Kanagawa with sword and prisoner, the...
Captions on front of item: "Executioner of Kanagawa" (upper left); [no caption] (upper right); "Chinese women" (lower left); and "Foochau woman" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Executioner of Kanagaw... More
[Portraits of a Chinese woman from Canton, a man mending a pot, a woma...
Captions on front of item: "Native Canton" (upper left); "The crockery mender" (upper right); "Foochau woman" (lower left); and "Chinese soldier" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper le... More
[Portraits of a Chinese boy with a tray, a woman from Hong Kong, a gro...
Captions on front of item: "Boy with tray" (upper left); "Native of Hong Kong" (upper right); "Group of coolie" (lower left); and "Group of Chinese" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Boy with tray" (up... More
Portrait photo of Compradore - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese "compradore", full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with pipe. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Compradore. The Chinese compradore may be looked upon as the... More
Group of Chinese women - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows three Chinese women, two seated, one standing. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Group of Chinese women. The gentler sex are all particularly fond of adorning their h... More
Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Foochau, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009) In al... More
Chinese woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Caption on back of item: "Chinese women. Although the distinction between the size of the feet seems to constitute "Caste" among C... More
Buy a broom - Public domain weapon print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front, holding brooms and a basket. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: R... More
Headdress, coolie - Public domain weapon print
Photograph shows a Chinese laborer, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding pole with cord on end. Title from front of item. Caption on back : "Coolie. Armed with a strong light bamboo from four t... More
Portrait photo of Ablutions - Public domain scan / print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, seated in chair, washing her feet in a basin. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Ablutions. It is frequently asserted and generally believed that Chin... More
[Portraits of a Chinese policeman with prisoners, a person being carri...
Captions on front of item: "Policeman with prisoners" (upper left); "Chinese chair" (upper right); "Group of men" (lower left); and "Barber" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); ... More
[Portraits of a Chinese women purchasing jewelry, women from Macau, pe...
Captions on front of item: "Purchasing jewellry [i.e., jewelry]" (upper left); "Native of Macao" (upper right); "Group in a passenger boat" (lower left); and "Toutai of Shanghai" (lower right). Captions on bac... More
Old man in spectacles - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows an elderly Chinese man wearing eyeglasses, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front. Title from front and back of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Sou... More
Street vendors - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Photograph shows a Chinese food vendor with a customer eating out of a bowl. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Street vendors. As a rule a large portion of the lower class of Chinese, especi... More
[Portraits of a Chinese man selling vegetables, a woman and child begg...
Captions on front of item: "Crying vegetables" (upper left); "Beggars" (upper right); "Native Macao" (lower left); and "Mandarins" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Crying vegetables" (upper left); [no... More
[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in ...
Captions on front of item: "Beggars" (upper left); "Punishment of the canque" (upper right); "Ablutions" (lower left); and "Toy seller" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Beggars" (upper left); [no capt... More
[Chinese people in a sampan and canal boat, women in a wheelbarrow, an...
Captions on front of item: "Sampans" (upper left); "Canal boats" (upper right); "Passenger barrow" (lower left); and "The street cobbler" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Sampans" (upper left); "Canal... More
Portrait photo of Mandarins - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese mandarin (government official), full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title from front of item. Caption from back of item: Civil officer. foreigners have been in the habit of c... More
Headdress, Canton woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding umbrella. Title from back of item. Caption written on front of item misidentifies image as " Coolie". Caption on back conti... More
[Studio portraits of a Chinese bureaucrat (mandarin), a civil officer,...
Captions on front of item: "Mandarins" (upper left); "Civil officer" (upper right); "Buddhist priest" (lower left); and "Chinese woman." (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); "Civ... More
Punishment of the canque - Public domain portrait drawing
Photograph shows a Chinese man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with his head in a canque. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez... More
Boy with tray - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese man, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a tray on which are bottles for cocktails. Title from front and back of item. Caption continues on back: "...The tray eviden... More
Native of Hong Kong - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding an umbrella. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009... More
[Chinese men playing "Chai Moi" (finger game), street vendors with ca...
Captions on front of item: "Chinese game of Chai Moi" (upper left); "Street vendors" (upper right); "Street vendors" (lower left); and "Groups of figures" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Chinese game... More
Native Macao - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Macao, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding umbrella. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thir... More
Toutai of Shanghai - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese judge of Shanghai, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding pipe, with attendant next to him. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Toutai of Shanghai. The ... More
Agricultural laborer - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese agricultural laborer, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a large scythe with a child next to him. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Agricultural... More
[Portraits of a Chinese peddler, a woman selling brooms, a woman from ...
Captions on front of item: "Peddler" (upper left); "Buy a broom" (upper right); "Coolie" (lower left); and "Headdress coolie" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Peddler" (upper left); [no caption] (up... More
[Portraits of a Chinese woman holding a boy, an elderly man wearing gl...
Captions on front of item: "Small piecy bull chilo" (upper left); "Old man in spectacles" (upper right); "Chinese women" (lower left); and "Needlewomen" (lower right). Captions on back of item:"Small piecy bul... More
Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Foochau, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009) In al... More
The head guard on the South Eastern Railway, 1885--The engine is one o...
Two men on locomotive and conductor(?), with left arm stretched outward, at car in foreground, London. Probably by John Thomson, F.R.G.S.
Workers on the "silent highway"
Photograph shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River, England. Illus. in: Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson... More
Workers on the "silent highway"
Photograph shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River, England. Illus. in: Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson... More
Workers on the "silent highway"
Photograph shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River, England. Illus. in: Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson... More
Workers on the "silent highway"
Photograph shows two workmen on a barge on the Thames River, England. Illus. in: Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson... More