John Thomson
A Country Road near Taiwanfu

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • A Country Road near Taiwanfu
  • A Catamaran
  • Chain Pumps
  • Rock Inscription, Amoy
  • from the book Illustrations of China and Its People (Volume II)
Date1862–1872
PlaceChina
MediumCarbon print, part of bound volume
DimensionsOverall (bound volume): 19 × 14 1/4 in.

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Members of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston who travelled to China in 1979
Object number80.15.2.E
Non exposé

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Provenance[Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1980.

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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.B
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.H
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.I
Headdress of Cantonese Girl
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.J