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Jesus calls James and John from their boat; their father Zebedee stands behind them. Woodcut.

1 print : aquatint with etching ; image 37 x 25.5 cm

The fugitive holy family board a barge. Aquatint with etching after C. Ferri.

1 print : aquatint with etching ; image 28.5 x 37.1 cm

Accompanied by angels, the fugitive holy family board a barge to cross a river. Aquatint with etching by A. Scacciati after P. Testa.

1 print : stipple, with watercolour ; image 16.8 x 22.4 cm

A Chinese man kneeling on the ground and held by a man in uniform is being hit by a man wearing a similar uniform. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

Jesus calls the fishermen to be his apostles; in the background he performs the miracle at Cana. Woodcut.

Bible. N.T. Matthew 4.18-22; Mark 1.16-20; Luke 5.1-11

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Jesus calls the fishermen from the sea to be his apostles. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after J.C. Tardieu and C.J. Vernet.

A boatman, wearing a short spreading woven cape and jerkin with tufted hems, and a conical hat with a brim. He leans against a stone wall with his legs crossed at the ankle. Although posed, he looks fairly relaxed. A flight of stone steps in the background to the left
According to Thomson, the boating population in southern China was extremely poor and miserable: 'Millions of these hardy sons of toil live from hand to mouth, and are only kept from starving, from piracy, and from rebellion by the cheapness of their staple food, and by the constant demand for their labour.' It was thought that because of their simple diet they had to resort to alcohol to keep themselves warm in the winter. Whenever they had a spare morsel of cash they spent it on drink

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

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Jesus calls James and John from their boat; their father Zebedee stands behind them. Woodcut.

The fugitive holy family board a barge. Aquatint with etching after C. Ferri.

Accompanied by angels, the fugitive holy family board a barge to cross a river. Aquatint with etching by A. Scacciati after P. Testa.

A Chinese man kneeling on the ground and held by a man in uniform is being hit by a man wearing a similar uniform. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

Jesus calls the fishermen to be his apostles; in the background he performs the miracle at Cana. Woodcut.

Jesus calls the fishermen from the sea to be his apostles. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after J.C. Tardieu and C.J. Vernet.

Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a boatman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

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Jesus calls James and John from their boat; their father Zebedee stands behind them. Woodcut.

The fugitive holy family board a barge. Aquatint with etching after C. Ferri.

Accompanied by angels, the fugitive holy family board a barge to cross a river. Aquatint with etching by A. Scacciati after P. Testa.

A Chinese man kneeling on the ground and held by a man in uniform is being hit by a man wearing a similar uniform. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.

Jesus calls the fishermen to be his apostles; in the background he performs the miracle at Cana. Woodcut.

Jesus calls the fishermen from the sea to be his apostles. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after J.C. Tardieu and C.J. Vernet.

Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) province, China: a boatman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

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