[Portraits of a Chinese peddler, a woman selling brooms, a woman from ...
Captions on front of item: "Peddler" (upper left); "Buy a broom" (upper right); "Coolie" (lower left); and "Headdress coolie" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Peddler" (upper left); [no caption] (up... More
[Portraits of a Chinese woman holding a boy, an elderly man wearing gl...
Captions on front of item: "Small piecy bull chilo" (upper left); "Old man in spectacles" (upper right); "Chinese women" (lower left); and "Needlewomen" (lower right). Captions on back of item:"Small piecy bul... More
Group of Chinese women - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows three Chinese women, two seated, one standing. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Group of Chinese women. The gentler sex are all particularly fond of adorning their h... More
Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Foochau, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009) In al... More
Chinese woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Caption on back of item: "Chinese women. Although the distinction between the size of the feet seems to constitute "Caste" among C... More
Agricultural laborer - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese agricultural laborer, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a large scythe with a child next to him. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Agricultural... More
[Portraits of a Chinese man selling vegetables, a woman and child begg...
Captions on front of item: "Crying vegetables" (upper left); "Beggars" (upper right); "Native Macao" (lower left); and "Mandarins" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Crying vegetables" (upper left); [no... More
[Portraits of a Chinese beggar, a man being punished with his head in ...
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 capt... More
[Chinese people in a sampan and canal boat, women in a wheelbarrow, an...
Captions on front of item: "Sampans" (upper left); "Canal boats" (upper right); "Passenger barrow" (lower left); and "The street cobbler" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Sampans" (upper left); "Canal... More
Headdress, Canton woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding umbrella. Title from back of item. Caption written on front of item misidentifies image as " Coolie". Caption on back conti... More
[Portraits of a Chinese policeman with prisoners, a person being carri...
Captions on front of item: "Policeman with prisoners" (upper left); "Chinese chair" (upper right); "Group of men" (lower left); and "Barber" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); ... More
[Portraits of a Chinese women purchasing jewelry, women from Macau, pe...
Captions on front of item: "Purchasing jewellry [i.e., jewelry]" (upper left); "Native of Macao" (upper right); "Group in a passenger boat" (lower left); and "Toutai of Shanghai" (lower right). Captions on bac... More
Punishment of the canque - Public domain portrait drawing
Photograph shows a Chinese man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with his head in a canque. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez... More
[Chinese men playing "Chai Moi" (finger game), street vendors with ca...
Captions on front of item: "Chinese game of Chai Moi" (upper left); "Street vendors" (upper right); "Street vendors" (lower left); and "Groups of figures" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Chinese game... More
[Portraits of a Chinese woman from Canton, a man mending a pot, a woma...
Captions on front of item: "Native Canton" (upper left); "The crockery mender" (upper right); "Foochau woman" (lower left); and "Chinese soldier" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper le... More
[Portraits of a Chinese boy with a tray, a woman from Hong Kong, a gro...
Captions on front of item: "Boy with tray" (upper left); "Native of Hong Kong" (upper right); "Group of coolie" (lower left); and "Group of Chinese" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Boy with tray" (up... More
Street vendors - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Photograph shows a Chinese food vendor with a customer eating out of a bowl. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Street vendors. As a rule a large portion of the lower class of Chinese, especi... More
Portrait photo of Compradore - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese "compradore", full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with pipe. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Compradore. The Chinese compradore may be looked upon as the... More
Foochau woman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Foochau, half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009) In al... More
Buy a broom - Public domain weapon print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front, holding brooms and a basket. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: R... More
Headdress, coolie - Public domain weapon print
Photograph shows a Chinese laborer, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding pole with cord on end. Title from front of item. Caption on back : "Coolie. Armed with a strong light bamboo from four t... More
Portrait photo of Ablutions - Public domain scan / print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, seated in chair, washing her feet in a basin. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Ablutions. It is frequently asserted and generally believed that Chin... More
Native Macao - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman from Macao, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding umbrella. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thir... More
Toutai of Shanghai - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese judge of Shanghai, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding pipe, with attendant next to him. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back : "Toutai of Shanghai. The ... More
Portrait photo of Mandarins - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese mandarin (government official), full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title from front of item. Caption from back of item: Civil officer. foreigners have been in the habit of c... More
Old man in spectacles - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows an elderly Chinese man wearing eyeglasses, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front. Title from front and back of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Sou... More
[Studio portraits of a Chinese bureaucrat (mandarin), a civil officer,...
Captions on front of item: "Mandarins" (upper left); "Civil officer" (upper right); "Buddhist priest" (lower left); and "Chinese woman." (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper left); "Civ... More
Boy with tray - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese man, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a tray on which are bottles for cocktails. Title from front and back of item. Caption continues on back: "...The tray eviden... More
Native of Hong Kong - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a Chinese woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding an umbrella. Title from front of item. Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009... More
[Portraits of the executioner of Kanagawa with sword and prisoner, the...
Captions on front of item: "Executioner of Kanagawa" (upper left); [no caption] (upper right); "Chinese women" (lower left); and "Foochau woman" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Executioner of Kanagaw... More