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A Convicts' Home

Series TitleStreet Life in London, part 6, July 1877
Artist John Thomson (Scottish, 1837 - 1921)
Date1877
MediumWoodburytype
DimensionsImage: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (8.89 x 11.43 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 8 1/2 inches (27.94 x 21.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.18.40.5.1
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionSidewalk scene: man in dark vest and white apron on left side of frame stands with hand on doorframe, looking at or talking to an older, shabbily dressed man. Several other figures and a small dog also visible.
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"Hookey Alf," of Whitechapel
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.9.2
The Temperance Sweep
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.3.3
An Old Clothes' Shop, Seven Dials
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.4.3
"Caney" the Clown
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.3.1
Dealer in Fancy Wear
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.3.2
Halfpenny Ices
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.6.1
Sufferers from the Floods
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.1.2
The Dramatic Show-Black
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.4.1
Street Doctor
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.2.1
"Mush-Fakers" and Ginger-Beer Makers
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.8.3
"Strawberries, All Ripe!  All Ripe!"
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.7.3
recto sheet overall
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.1.1