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John Thomson — Cantonese Boy; Cantonese Merchant; Mongolian Male Head; A Venerable Head; A Labourer; Mongolian Male Head
John Thomson

Cantonese Boy; Cantonese Merchant; Mongolian Male Head; A Venerable Head; A Labourer; Mongolian Male Head

1868

Six individual portraits create a typological study of male physiognomy, reflecting 19th-century interests in anthropological classification while maintaining the dignity of each subject.

Medium
Collotype, pl. IX from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)

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John Thomson, Cantonese Boy; Cantonese Merchant; Mongolian Male Head; A Venerable Head; A Labourer; Mongolian Male Head, 1868

Six individual portraits create a typological study of male physiognomy, reflecting 19th-century interests in anthropological classification while maintaining the dignity of each subject.

Medium
Collotype, pl. IX from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)
Year
1868
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Figure Study, Anthropological, Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Asian, Portrait, British, Collotype

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art