John Thomson
Actors, Ancient Marriage Costume

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Actors, Ancient Marriage Costume
  • Actors, Ancient Marriage Costume
  • Ancient Costumes
  • Ancient Costumes
  • 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.K
Not on view

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

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Carbon print, part of bound volume
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John Thomson
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Carbon print, part of bound volume
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Carbon print, part of bound volume
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Carbon print, part of bound volume
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Carbon print, part of bound volume
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John Thomson
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Carbon print, part of bound volume
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