Public Disinfectors
Photograph
1876-1878 (photographed)
1876-1878 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
19thC; Thomson, John. Disinfectors, Street Life of London
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Public Disinfectors (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Woodburytype |
| Brief description | 19thC; Thomson, John. Disinfectors, Street Life of London |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2011-2012, label text :
John Thomson (1837-1921)
‘Public Disinfectors’, ‘Street Advertising’, ‘Doctor’,
‘Old Furniture’, from the series Street Life in London
1877-8
After photographing in Asia in the 1860s Thomson
identified London as a subject of equal fascination.
Street Life in London was published in twelve
instalments between 1877 and 1878. The series was
produced in collaboration with journalist Adolphe
Smith, who wrote commentaries for each image.
The project is among the earliest and most evocative
examples of social documentary photography.
Woodburytypes
Given by Mrs D. Crisp
Museum nos. Ph.320, 321, 322, 350-1982
(07 03 2014) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.320-1982 |
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| Record created | July 30, 2003 |
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