Tartars

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 number2015.67.108

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InscribedPrinted captions on paper, attached to mount verso, in black type: "Tartars. / THE Tartars may generally be distin- / guished by wearing a fur coat in winter. / ¶ As the conquerors and rules of the / Chinese they are perhaps more inde- / pendent in bearing, but it requires close / examination and a knowledge of physi- / ognomy to distinguish any difference / in their expression or features--they / shave the head and wear the hair brai- / ded in a queue in the same way as the / Chinese."

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DescriptionHand colored image of man wearing fur coat with arms crossed.

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