Chinese Bureaucrat,Mandarin,Civil Officer,Buddhist Priest,c1870,Shanghai,China
Title: [Studio portraits of a Chinese bureaucrat (mandarin), a civil officer, a Buddhist priest and a woman ]
Creator(s): Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921, photographer
Date Created/Published: [between 1870 and 1872]
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
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); 'Civil officer' (upper right); [no caption] (lower left); and 'Group of Chinese women.'
Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009)
In album: Japanese and Chinese portraits, [p. 39].
Subjects:
Women--Clothing & dress--China--Shanghai--1870-1880.
Government officials--China--Shanghai--1870-1880.
Spiritual leaders--China--Shanghai--1870-1880.
Albumen prints--Hand-colored--1870-1880.
Portrait photographs--1870-1880.
Bookmark /2011660100/
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