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[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in a canque, a woman washing her feet and a toy seller]
Summary
Captions on front of item: "Beggars" (upper left); "Punishment of the canque" (upper right); "Ablutions" (lower left); and "Toy seller" (lower right).
Captions on back of item: "Beggars" (upper left); [no caption] (upper right); "Ablutions" (lower left); and "Toy seller" (lower right).
Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009)
In album: Japanese and Chinese portraits, [p. 44].
Tags
Date
01/01/1870
Contributors
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921, photographer
Location
Pudong (Shanghai, China), 31.23944, 121.50389
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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