John Thomson
Shanghai Wheelbarrows

Shanghai Wheelbarrows

Public Domain

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Shanghai Wheelbarrows
  • Spinning Cotton
  • The Cangue Punishment
  • The Cage Punishment
  • from the book Illustrations of China and Its People (Volume III)
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 number80.15.3.F
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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80.15.3.D
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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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Carbon print, part of bound volume
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1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
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1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.3.K
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John Thomson
The Ming Tombs, Nanking
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.3.L
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John Thomson
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1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
80.15.3.Q
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John Thomson
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1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
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