John Thomson
Cast-Iron Billy
1877
Thomson's portrait of this London street character exemplifies his approach of combining social documentation with individual portraiture, creating both historical record and human narrative.
- Medium
- Woodburytype, from the album "Street Life in London"
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Amoy Women; The Small Foot of a Chinese Lady; Amoy Men; Male and Female Costume, Amoy
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Illustrations of China and Its People. A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, with Letterpress Description of the Places and People Represented
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