Crying Vegetables
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)
Mount: 4 1/8 × 2 7/16 inches (10.49 × 6.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.82
Signednone
InscribedPrinted captions on paper, attached to mount verso, in black type: "Crying Vegetables. / One often hears of a "speaking like- / ness, but this is more--it is shouting / distinctly!--and gives a good idea of / the sort of perambulating vendors who / salute the ear with unintelligible cries. / It would be difficult to tell the sex of / the individual shown in this photograph, / did not we know that women always / wear trousers in China, and men the sort / of loose fitting stocking shown herein.--"
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DescriptionHand colored image of man shouting while carrying large flat basket filled with vegetables on his head. His shirt is torn and tattered and he's wearing loose fitting stockings.
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