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Illustrations of China and its people

Photograph
1874 (published)
Artist/Maker
Sampson Low (publisher)
Thomson, John (photographer)
Place of origin
China (photographed)
London (published)

One of 92 plates, being four collotypes produced from original albumen photographs, part of a volume accompanied by letterpress text bound in maroon morocco-grain cloth with light brown marbled endpapers. Title on spine in gold.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Tourism & Travel
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • Illustrations of China and its people (published title)
  • Volume 4, Plate XV (published title)
  • The Wharf, Kiu-Kiang (published title)
  • Sawyers at Work (published title)
  • The Ribbon Loom (published title)
  • Ruins at Tai-Ping-Koong (published title)
Materials and techniques
Collotype prints
Paper
Photography
Collotype
Brief description
Photographs by John Thomson, published as four collotypes made from Thomson's original albumen prints, 'Volume 4, Plate XV: The Wharf, Kiu-Kiang; Sawyers at Work; The Ribbon Loom; and Ruins at Tai-Ping-Koong', bound in the album Illustrations of China and its people, in four volumes, published 1874
Physical description
One of 92 plates, being four collotypes produced from original albumen photographs, part of a volume accompanied by letterpress text bound in maroon morocco-grain cloth with light brown marbled endpapers. Title on spine in gold.
Dimensions
  • Cover height: 47.5cm
  • Album width: 35cm
  • Album thickness: 5.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Ex Libris / Mark Neven Du Mont'

Note
printed bookplate, inside cover
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Subject depicted
Looms
Place depicted
China
Associated object
RPS.1302-2019 (Album)
Bibliographic reference
White, Stephen. John Thomson: A Window to the Orient. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1985.
Other numbers
  • XRP556 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • S405 - RPS identifier - other
  • PROV.1561-2017 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1302:60-2019

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Record createdDecember 18, 2019
Record URL
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