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Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1981Reference: 19701i- Books
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The new London toilet: or, a compleat collection of the most simple and useful receipts for preserving and improving beauty, either by outward application or internal use. With many other valuable Secrets in elegant and ornamental Arts. Containing near four hundred receipts under the following General Heads. Perfumes Fine Waters Baths Cosmetics Conserves Confectionary Snuffs Pastes Wash Balls Scented Powders Pomatums Fine Syrups Jellys Preserved Fruits, &c. With every Species of Cosmetic that may be useful in improving Beauty, or concealing the Ravages of Time and Sickness. To which is added a treatise on the art of managing, improving, and dressing the hair on the most improved Principles of that Art.
Date: 1778- Pictures
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The third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543-1588) and his entourage. Distemper painting.
Reference: 47104i- Pictures
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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
Reference: 47105i- Pictures
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An emaciated Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated on a knoll under a tree, with his left hand held over his head; a richly dressed woman pours liquid into his bowl. Gouache painting.
Reference: 566589i- Pictures
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Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
Chundu.Date: [1970]Reference: 47108i- Pictures
Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: a Cantonese woman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1869Reference: 19600i- Pictures
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A Hindu ascetic or holy man, seated under a tree, receiving food from a kneeling woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
Date: [1800? (?)]Reference: 566581i- Pictures
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World War I: The Red Cross in the trenches.
Cuneo, Cyrus, 1879-1916Date: [approximately 1915]Reference: 46017i- Pictures
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Saint Faith, holding a gridiron, being addressed in prayer by a monk; the Crucifixion below. Etching after J. Schnebbelie, 1821.
Date: 1821Reference: 563103i