John Thomson
The Ming Tombs, Nanking

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureScottish
Titles
  • The Ming Tombs, Nanking
  • Foreign Drilled Troops
  • Interior of Workshop, Nanking Arsenal
  • Ruins of the Porcelain Tower, 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.L
Not on view

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

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1862–1872
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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
1862–1872
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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
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
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John Thomson
1862–1872
Carbon print, part of bound volume
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