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
80.15.2.K
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.K
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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.D
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.D
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.3.D
A Hong-Kong Sedan Chair
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.D
Manchu Soldier
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.Q
Great Marble Bridge, Yuen-Ming-Yuen
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.R
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