John Thomson
A Pekingese Chiropodist

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • A Pekingese Chiropodist
  • A Pekingese Peep-Show
  • Dealers in Curiosities
  • A Pekingese Costermonger
  • from the book Illustrations of China and Its People (Volume IV)
Date1862–1872
PlaceBeijing, China
MediumCarbon print, part of bound volume
DimensionsOverall (bound volume): 19 × 14 1/4 in. (48.3 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Members of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston who travelled to China in 1979
Object number80.15.4.K
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
80.15.3.K
Actors, Ancient Marriage Costume
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.K
Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.K
Entrance of the Kwo-Tsze-Keen, or National University, Peking
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.D
Shen-Kwe-Fen, Tung-Sean, and Maou-Ching-He, Chinese Ministries of State
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.A
Wen-Siang, Manchu Minister of State
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.B
Peking Observatory
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.E
Peking Observatory
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.F
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.C
Tomb of Yung-Lo
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.U
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.V
The Bronze Temple, Yuen-Ming-Yuen
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.S