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  • Lalung, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Lalung, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • The arts of Minerva reduce the power of Time to end life, but death from old age or from plague still exists. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.
  • The Virgin Mary prays to the infant Jesus, who is being carried by four kneeling angels; they all stand in a circle around the sun drawn on the ground. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after D. Ghirlandaio.
  • Canton, Kwangtung province, China: a lady holding a parasol. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: a rock incised with an inscription. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Canton, Kwangtung province, China: a lady holding a parasol. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: a rock incised with an inscription. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Amoy, Fukien province, China: a married couple, standing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Amoy, Fukien province, China: a married couple, standing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • China: a Manchu bride in her wedding clothes with her maid, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu bride in her wedding clothes with her maid, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • A herald reads from a black parabaik and announces
  • Hong Kong: a mendicant priest. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese bride and groom. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Hong Kong: a mendicant priest. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a lady's maid. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: hired bannermen in a Manchu funeral procession. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: the foreign settlement. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a lady's maid. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: the foreign settlement. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese bride and groom. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu lady having her hair dressed by her servant girl, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: two seated musicians. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a Manchu lady having her hair dressed by her servant girl, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: hired bannermen in a Manchu funeral procession. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: two seated musicians. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a nightwatchman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a nightwatchman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a magic lantern show. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.