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

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

1873

John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searll, London Printed by Cheswick Press, London (by Whittinghan & Wilkins)

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Object Details

Titles:

Front of Kwan-Yin Temple, Hong-Kong; A Mendicant Priest; A Street in Hong-Kong; Opium-Smoking in a Restaurant
Plate IX from the album Illustrations of China and Its People, Vol. I

Date:

1873

Artists:

John Thomson (Scottish, 1837–1921) Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searll, London Printed by Cheswick Press, London (by Whittinghan & Wilkins)

Medium:

Autotypes (four)

Dimensions:

Image (each): 4 1/2 × 3 13/16 inches (11.5 × 9.7 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (47 × 35 cm)

Classification:

Photographs

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Alfred Stieglitz Center Restricted Fund, 1978

Accession Number:

1978-67-1(9)

Geography:

Photograph taken in Hong Kong, China, Asia Printed in London, England, Europe

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