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John Thomson — Tea-Picking in Canton
John Thomson

Tea-Picking in Canton

1868

Capturing traditional agricultural practices in southern China, this collotype documents the tea industry that was central to Sino-British trade relations in the 19th century.

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

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John Thomson, Tea-Picking in Canton, 1868

Capturing traditional agricultural practices in southern China, this collotype documents the tea industry that was central to Sino-British trade relations in the 19th century.

Medium
Collotype, pl. XIX 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, Photograph, Labor, Asian Culture, Sepia, British, Collotype

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art