John Thomson
Foochow Coolies

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Foochow Coolies
  • A Foochow Detective
  • The Chief of the Thieves
  • Beggars Living in a Tomb
  • 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.U
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Provenance[Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1980.

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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.O
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.P
Part of Foochow Foreign Settlement
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.2.T
Tomb of Yung-Lo
John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.4.U
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.3.U
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.1.U
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
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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