Old man in spectacles,Chinese man wearing eyeglasses,Shanghai,China,1870-1872

Title: Old man in spectacles
Creator(s): Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921, photographer
Date Created/Published: [between 1870 and 1872]
Summary: Photograph shows an elderly Chinese man wearing eyeglasses, full-length portrait, standing in street, facing front.
Notes:
Title from front and back of item.
Photograph taken by John Thomson in Shanghai, 1870-72. (Source: Regine Thiriez, 2009)
Caption continues on back: This is one of those indescribable individuals often met with in the crowded streets of Shanghai. Whether he is an Astrologer, an Alchemist, a Doctor, a learned party, or simply a ruffian who gets behind a huge pair of iron spectacles to impose on the public, it is hard to say. The profession, mode of subsistence and place of abode of these spectacled gentry are alike a mystery that, however they are picturesque figures for a photograph will readily be admitted.
In album: Japanese and Chinese portraits, [p. 43, upper right].
Subjects:
Eyeglasses--China--Shanghai--1870-1880.
Older persons--China--Shanghai--1870-1880.
Albumen prints--Hand-colored--1870-1880.
Portrait photographs--1870-1880.
Bookmark /2011660123/
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