John Thomson
Street Advertising

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Street Advertising
  • from the series Street Life in London
Date1876
PlaceLondon, England
MediumWoodburytype
DimensionsImage: 4 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (11.2 × 8.7 cm)
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (11.3 × 8.7 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 8 3/16 in. (27.1 × 20.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.726
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceSwann, New York, 1989; Ezra Mack, New York.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Ezra Mack Photography [n.d.]
Exhibition History“History of Photography I: Selections from the Museum's Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 1, 2014–February 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There is no evident signature.
Printed in red on mount recto: STREET ADVERTISING.

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