John Thomson
Cantonese Boy

Cantonese Boy

Public Domain

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Cantonese Boy
  • Cantonese Merchant
  • Mongolian Male Head
  • A Venerable Head
  • A Labourer
  • Mongolian Male Head
  • from the book Illustrations of China and Its People (Volume II)
Date1862–1872
PlaceChina
MediumCarbon print, part of bound volume
DimensionsOverall (bound volume): 19 × 14 1/4 in.

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Members of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston who travelled to China in 1979
Object number80.15.2.I
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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Headdress of Cantonese Girl
John Thomson
Headdress of Cantonese Girl
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.J
A Cantonese Gentleman
John Thomson
A Cantonese Gentleman
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.V
Front of Kwan-Vin Temple, Hong-Kong
John Thomson
Front of Kwan-Vin Temple, Hong-Kong
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.I
Golden Island, River Yangtsze
John Thomson
Golden Island, River Yangtsze
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.3.I
The Central Street, Chinese City of Peking
John Thomson
The Central Street, Chinese City of Peking
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.I
Pepohoan Female Head
John Thomson
Pepohoan Female Head
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.B
City of Victoria, Hong-Kong
John Thomson
City of Victoria, Hong-Kong
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.B
Bamboos at Baksa, Formosa
John Thomson
Bamboos at Baksa, Formosa
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.A
Pepohoan Women
John Thomson
Pepohoan Women
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.D
A Pepohoan Dwelling
John Thomson
A Pepohoan Dwelling
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.C
Foochow Arsenal
John Thomson
Foochow Arsenal
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.O
Foochow Foreign Settlement
John Thomson
Foochow Foreign Settlement
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.P