John Thomson
Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class

Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class

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Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class
ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class
  • 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.K
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1980.

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