John Thomson
Cantonese Boy

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

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Headdress of Cantonese Girl
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.J
A Cantonese Gentleman
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.V
The Central Street, Chinese City of Peking
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.I
Front of Kwan-Vin Temple, Hong-Kong
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.I
Golden Island, River Yangtsze
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.3.I
Pepohoan Female Head
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.B
Wen-Siang, Manchu Minister of State
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.B
A Pagoda near Chao-chowfu
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.G
Chao-chow-fu Bridge
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.H
A Country Road near Taiwanfu
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.E
Swatow
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.F
Island of Kulangsu
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.L