China Chair

Attributed to John Thomson (Scottish, 1837 - 1921)

Dateca. 1870

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 7/16 × 2 1/8 inches (8.69 × 5.41 cm)
Mount: 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 inches (10.49 × 6.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.71

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InscribedPrinted captions on paper, attached to mount verso, in black type: "China Chair. / The China chair, carried on the / shoulders of two, or sometimes four coo- / lies is a luxurious mode of locomotion-- / When the uncertain sort of feeling of / fear of being suddenly overturned, or / dropped has been overcome, and habit has / accustomed the traveller to the motion / which is wonderfully easy and springy-- / the luxury of a good chair with lance- / wood poles is fully appreciated-- / [¶] Practised chair coolies will often / travel at a rate of from five to six English / miles an hour and as much as forty miles / in a day.--"

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DescriptionHand colored image of man in a small covered chair (litter) which is being carried on the shoulders of two others; they are wearing hats, layered pants, and jackets while walking through grassy landscape.

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