John Thomson
The London Boardmen

ArtistScottish, 1837–1921
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The London Boardmen
  • from the series Street Life in London
Date1876
PlaceLondon, England
MediumWoodburytype
DimensionsImage: 4 9/16 × 3 3/8 in. (11.6 × 8.5 cm)
Mount: 10 5/8 × 8 3/16 in. (27 × 20.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.707
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceSwann, New York, 1989; Ezra Mack, New York

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Ezra Mack Photography, on 5/18/1985.
Exhibition History'From today painting is dead' - The Beginnings of Photography, The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1972;
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in red below image, recto: THE LONDON BOARDMEN.
There is no evident signature.

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