John Thomson
Nanking

Nanking

Public Domain

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Nanking
  • from the book Illustrations of China and Its People (Volume III)
Date1862–1872
Place depictedNanjing (Nanking), China
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.K
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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