Street Life in London
John Thomson
c. 1875
Medium
Woodburytypes
Dimensions
Each image, approx: 11.2 × 8.9 × 11.5 cm (4 7/16 × 3 1/2 × 4 9/16 in.); Each page, approx: 28.1 × 21.8 cm (11 1/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
photograph
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
212209
About the Artist
John Thomson · 1837–1921
John Thomson (1837–1921), a pioneering Scottish photographer, was born on 14 June 1837 in Edinburgh as the eighth of nine children to William Thomson, a tobacco spinner and trader, and Isabella Newlands.) After schooling in the early 1850s, he apprenticed with a local optical and scientific instrument manufacturer, where he mastered the principles of photography, completing his training around 185...