Artworks · John Thomson

Rolling Scented Caper and Gunpowder Teas; Weighing Tea for Exportation; A Tea House, Canton; A Tea-Tasting Room, Canton

1863 · Collotype, pl. XXI from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Upper left image: 10.4 × 9.3 cm (4 1/8 × 3 11/16 in.); Upper right image: 10.4 × 9.3 cm (4 1/8 × 3 11/16 in.); Lower left: 9.7 × 10.8 cm (3 7/8 × 4 5/16 in.); Lower right: 9.7 × 8.9 cm (3 7/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Album page: 47 × 34.8 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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A Mountain Pass in Formosa

1863 · Collotype, pl. XXIV from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 30.3 × 25.8 cm (11 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Album page: 47 × 34.7 cm (18 9/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

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The Old Factory Site, Canton

1863 · Collotype, pl. XVI from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 21.4 × 29.3 cm (8 7/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Album page: 34.8 × 47.1 cm (13 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)

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Jui-Lin, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces

1863 · Collotype, pl. XIII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 28.4 × 18.2 cm (11 3/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Album page: 47.1 × 35.2 cm (18 9/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

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Tea-Picking in Canton

1863 · Collotype, pl. XIX from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 21.3 × 29.5 cm (8 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Album page: 34.7 × 47.1 cm (13 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

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The British Consular Yamun, Canton

1863 · Collotype, pl. XVII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 22.8 × 27.7 cm (9 × 10 15/16 in.); Album page: 34.9 × 47 cm (13 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)

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Physic Street, Canton

1863 · Collotype, pl. XX from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 27.4 × 21.6 cm (10 13/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Album page: 47.1 × 34.8 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Tartar Soldiers

1863 · Collotype, pl. XIV from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 20.5 × 26.5 cm (8 1/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Album page: 34.9 × 47.1 cm (13 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)

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Front of Kwan-Yin Temple, Hong-Kong; A Mendicant Priest; A Street in Hong-Kong; Opium-Smoking in a Restaurant

1863 · Collotype, pl. IX from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Upper left image: 11.4 × 9.7 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.); Upper right image: 11.5 × 9.6 cm (4 9/16 × 3 13/16 in.); Lower left image: 11.4 × 9.7 cm (4 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.); Lower right image: 11.6 × 9.7 cm (4 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Album page: 47.1 × 35.1 cm (18 9/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

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A Canton Lady; The Lady's Maid; A Bride and Bridegroom

1863 · Collotype, pl. XV from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Each image: 11.3 × 8.8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.); Album page: 47.1 × 34.9 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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Hoi-How, the Proposed New Treaty Port, Island of Hainan

1863 · Collotype, pl. XII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 7.1 × 30.5 cm (2 13/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Album page: 35.1 × 47.1 cm (13 7/8 × 18 9/16 in.)

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Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class

1863 · Collotype, pl. XI from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Each image: 11.3 × 8.8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.); Album page: 47 × 35 cm (18 9/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

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Boat Girls; A Canton Boatwoman and Child; Musicians; Musicians

1863 · Collotype, pl. VII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Upper left image: 10.9 × 8.7 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Upper right image: 10.9 × 9.7 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Lower left image: 10.9 × 8.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Lower right image: 10.5 × 9.7 cm (4 3/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Album page: 47 × 35 cm (18 9/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

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A Hong-Kong Sedan Chair; A Chineses School-Boy; A Chinese Girl; A Hong-Kong Artist

1863 · Collotype, pl. IV from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Upper left image: 10.8 × 10 cm (4 5/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Upper right image: 10.8 × 7.7 cm (4 5/16 × 3 1/16 in.); Lower left: 10.6 × 8.5 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

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The Praya, Hong-Kong

1863 · Collotype, pl. VI from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 17.3 × 31.9 cm (6 13/16 × 12 9/16 in.); Album page: 35.2 × 47.1 cm (13 7/8 × 18 9/16 in.)

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A Whiff of the Opium Pipe at Home; After Dinner; Reading for Honours; The Toilet

1863 · Collotype, pl. X from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Upper left image: 12.6 × 10 cm (5 × 3 15/16 in.); Upper right image: 12.5 × 10.4 cm (4 15/16 × 4 1/8 in.); Lower left image: 12.5 × 10 cm (4 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Lower right image: 12.3 × 10.5 cm (4 7/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Album page: 47.1 × 35.1 cm (18 9/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

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A Canton Trading Junk

1863 · Collotype, pl. VIII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 13.5 × 28.8 cm (5 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.); Album page: 35 × 47.1 cm (13 13/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

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The Clock-Tower, Hong-Kong

1863 · Collotype, pl. V from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 22.8 × 29.8 cm (9 × 11 3/4 in.); Album page: 35 × 47.1 cm (13 13/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

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City Victoria, Hong-Kong

1863 · Collotype, pl. II from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 16.1 × 26.9 cm (6 3/8 × 10 5/8 in.); Album page: 34.8 × 47.1 cm (13 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)

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The Harbour, Hong-Kong

1863 · Collotype, pl. III from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 20.4 × 28.7 cm (8 1/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Album page: 35 × 47.1 cm (13 13/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

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Prince Kung

1863 · Collotype, pl. I from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Image: 29 × 19.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Album page: 47 × 34.8 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

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[Franklin Blake Album]

1863 · Albumen silver prints from glass negatives; salted paper prints from glass negatives

Various: cdv to approx. 11 x 15 inches, some panoramas

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Portrait of Mary Butler Stark-Christie of Ballinden

1812 · Watercolor on ivory

7.9 × 6.4 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

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