* Thomson (John, 1837-1921). Tartar Soldiers, Canton, 1869, albumen print


* Thomson (John, 1837-1921). Tartar Soldiers, Canton [Guangzhou, China], 1869-70, albumen print, signed in the negative lower left, slight marginal fading, 21.4 x 27.6 cm, mounted on an album leaf, 27.5 x 38.5 cm, with contemporary calligraphic brown ink caption in an unidentified hand at foot Qty: (1) NOTES John Thomson, Illustrations of China and Its People, (1873-4), vol. 1, plate 14; Richard Ovenden, John Thomson (1837-1921) Photographer, (1997), illust. 100; Clark Worswick, Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912, (1979), p. 69; Betty Yao (editor), China Through the Lens of John Thomson 1868-1872, (2015), p. 134.


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