Friday, May 22, 2009

Capturing China











John Thomson, photographing China in the early 1870s. Link…

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:48 pm

    what wonderful photos

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  2. Fabulous Photos. I looked for an English parallel page on the museums site, with no luck. I can only guess at the subjects of the photos.

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  3. I'm happy to have brought them to you both. Linda - You'll find some cursory descriptions (like Manchu Bride and Chinese Merchant) of some of the pictures here.

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  4. Thanks tellurian.

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