Group in a Passenger Boat

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 number2015.67.84

Signednone

InscribedPrinted captions on paper, attached to mount verso, in black type: "Group in a Passenger / Boat. / Not a bad selection of the motley as- / semblage, which may at any time be seen / being ferried across the river in Shang- / hai for a few Cash (about a thousandth / part of a Dollar.) The keen looking / Compradore, well conditioned "boy" --- / the devil may care coolie, with his tail / twisted round his hat to keep it on his / head, the old man and small boy, &c. -- / all however with looks of decided intelli- / gence, which recommend them to notice / and which give a good idea of the class / of passengers constantly moving in these / boats.--"

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DescriptionHand colored image of group on wooden boat; one man stands near the rear and a young boy stands near an older man in the front.

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