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John Thomson — Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class
John Thomson

Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class

1868

Dignified portraits of working-class individuals demonstrate Thomson's humanistic approach to photography, countering Western stereotypes by presenting his subjects with respect and individual character.

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

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John Thomson, Four Heads, Types of the Labouring Class, 1868

Dignified portraits of working-class individuals demonstrate Thomson's humanistic approach to photography, countering Western stereotypes by presenting his subjects with respect and individual character.

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

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Documentary Photography, Working Class, Archive, Portrait, British, Ethnographic, Sepia Tones, Collotype, Social Realism

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art