John Thomson
A Hong-Kong Sedan Chair

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • A Hong-Kong Sedan Chair
  • A Chinese School-Boy
  • A Chinese Girl
  • A Hong-Kong Artist
  • from the book Illustrations of China and Its People (volume 1)
Date1862–1872
PlaceChina
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 number80.15.1.D
Not on view

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

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The Clock-Tower, Hong-Kong
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.E
City of Victoria, Hong-Kong
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.B
The Harbour, Hong-Kong
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.C
The Praya, Hong-Kong
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.F
Front of Kwan-Vin Temple, Hong-Kong
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.I
The Sedan
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.V
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
Entrance of the Kwo-Tsze-Keen, or National University, Peking
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.D
Tomb of Yung-Lo
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.U
One of the City Guard, Peking
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
Stone Animals, Ming Tombs
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.T