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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.219.19
People
John Thomson, British (Edinburgh, Scotland 1837 - 1921 London, England)
Author: Adolphe Smith, British (Headingley, Yorkshire, 13 December 1846-1925 Fulham, 9 November 1925)
Published by Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, British
Title
Street Incidents: A Series of Twenty-one Permanent Photographs, with Descriptive Letter-Press
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
book
Date
1881
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/323403

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Book with woodburytypes
Technique
Woodburytype
Dimensions
28.5 x 22.4 x 2 cm (11 1/4 x 8 13/16 x 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Janet and Daniel Tassel
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.219.19
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Published book with gilt- and black-stamped pictorial green cloth covers. Contains 20 Woodburytype plates by John Thomson and text by Adolphe Smith. Originally published as "Street Life in London with Permanent Illustrations Taken from Life" at twelve part series published in 1877. This book was published in 1881.

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