Friday, May 22, 2009

Capturing China











John Thomson, photographing China in the early 1870s. Link…

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

what wonderful photos

Linda said...

Fabulous Photos. I looked for an English parallel page on the museums site, with no luck. I can only guess at the subjects of the photos.

tellurian said...

I'm happy to have brought them to you both. Linda - You'll find some cursory descriptions (like Manchu Bride and Chinese Merchant) of some of the pictures here.

Linda said...

Thanks tellurian.