Accession Number
2019/1.304.14

Title
Old Furniture and Convent Garden Laborers

Artist(s)
John Thomson

Artist Nationality
British (modern)

Object Creation Date
1877-1878

Medium & Support
photogravure on Lana Gravure paper

Dimensions
20 ⅛ in x 16 ¼ in (51.12 cm x 41.28 cm);4 ½ in x 3 ½ in (11.43 cm x 8.89 cm);4 7/16 in x 3 3/10 in (11.27 cm x 8.41 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Margaret Bond

Physical Description
Two images are printed onto the same paper, stacked vertically. In the top image, a young girl stands at a street corner talking to a sitting woman. To their left, a man stands in a dark doorway behind chairs set out on the street. In the bottom image, a suited man carries a wide circular basket on his head as two others look on. A fourth man kneels among them, tending to something in a wooden box.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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