Oct 17, 2013 - Sale 2325

Sale 2325 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 10,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
(CHINA) thomson, john (attributed to)
Group of 11 rare photographs of China, comprising 9 of Canton, plus one depicting The Bund in Shanghai and a view of Tientsing (now Tianjin); 5 of the prints were attributed to John Thomson by Fong Chow, whose penciled notations appear on the mats. Albumen prints, each approximately 7 1/4x10 1/4 inches (18.4x26 cm.), one with a caption in the negative and 4 with handwritten titles, in ink, on verso; the Thomson prints with the original, trimmed calligraphic captions, in English, which are affixed to contemporary mounts. 1860s-1870s

Additional Details

From the Estate of Fong Chow.

The 5 Thomson prints: "A Shop at Tientsing" "Inside of a gile house at Canton" "Commissioner Yeh's temple, Front view, Canton" "[Taoist] Temple at Canton" "View from Pon-Ting-Qua's garden, Canton."

The 6 remaining prints include: "Pearl River at Canton" "Interior, Flower Boat in Canton" "Five story Pagoda, Canton" "The Harbor, Canton" "The Customs Exams. Shed, Canton" "The Bund, Shanghai."