Artist
John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921)Scottish, 1837–1921
CultureBritish
Titles
- Workers on the Silent Highway
- from the book Street Life in London
Date1876
PlaceLondon, England
MediumWoodburytype
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Mount: 10 5/8 × 8 3/16 in. (27 × 20.8 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Mount: 10 5/8 × 8 3/16 in. (27 × 20.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.706
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
A collaboration between photographer John Thomson and journalist Adolphe Smith, “Street Life in London” was pioneering in its sympathetic presentation of the city’s working classes, detailing the social, economic, and logistical challenges faced by bootblacks, beggars, fruit sellers, street musicians, photographers, and locksmiths, along with related history.
Provenance[Swann, New York, 1989]; [Ezra Mack, New York]; purchased by Manfred Heiting; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in red below image, recto: WORKERS ON THE "SILENT HIGHWAY."
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