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  • China. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
  • Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.
  • A man cavorting with a young woman, while his recently deceased wife lies in a coffin in the background. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.
  • China: a mender of broken chinaware, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: a mender of broken chinaware, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: a woman carrying buckets of night-soil. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: a woman carrying buckets of night-soil. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: a woman carrying buckets of night-soil. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China: a woman carrying buckets of night-soil. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: two field labourers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: two field labourers. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
  • Going for a bag or two of Bibby's Dairy Cakelettes / sole manufacturers: J. Bibby & Sons.
  • Going for a bag or two of Bibby's Dairy Cakelettes / sole manufacturers: J. Bibby & Sons.
  • Going for a bag or two of Bibby's Dairy Cakelettes / sole manufacturers: J. Bibby & Sons.
  • Going for a bag or two of Bibby's Dairy Cakelettes / sole manufacturers: J. Bibby & Sons.
  • Joannes Schenck à Grafenberg, aged 45, wearing a hat and a cloak with a high fur collar. Line engraving, 1644.
  • Joannes Schenck à Grafenberg, aged 45, wearing a hat and a cloak with a high fur collar. Line engraving, 1644.
  • Four British servicemen performing a sketch with vehicles. Photograph, 191-.
  • Four British servicemen performing a sketch with vehicles. Photograph, 191-.
  • Methods of irrigation practised in India: use of bullocks to raise water from a well. Wood engraving by A.H., 1874.