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John Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection

A social photographic collection of Images taken by John Thomson who was a Legendary Scottish photographer, travel writer and geographer who was among the first to travel and document the Far East, exploring its landscapes, people and artifacts. 

Choose a picture from our John Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection for your Wall Art and Photo Gifts

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Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Cast-Iron Billy

Cast-Iron Billy
London omnibus driver Cast-Iron Billy wearing a billycock hat and shining shoes. Original Artwork: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: London Cabmen

London Cabmen
A London hansom cab. Original Artwork: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: The Water Cart

The Water Cart
1877: A water cart in London. Original Publication: From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: A Convicts Home

A Convicts Home
1877: Former policeman Mr Bayliss runs a Victorian dining room for ex-convicts in Drury Lane, London serving basins of leg of beef soup

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Beggar

Beggar
circa 1910: A Chinese beggar. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: St Giles Market

St Giles Market
London costermonger Joseph Carney sells fresh herring from his barrow in the street market between Seven Dials and Five Dials in London, 1877

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Caney The Clown

Caney The Clown
1877: Caney the clown weaving cane strips into the seat of a wooden chair. Original Publication: From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Street Festival

Street Festival
1869: A street in Hong Kong prepared for illumination, during a visit by the Duke of Edinburgh. (Photo by John Thomson/Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Board Man

Board Man
A sandwich-board man on a street in London. Original Artwork: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Victorian Sweep

Victorian Sweep
The Temperance Sweep and a barefooted boy small enough to fit inside narrow passages. Original Artwork: From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Fancy-Wear Stall

Fancy-Wear Stall
A Victorian fancy wear dealer selling ornaments from his barrow. Original Artwork: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Victorian Busker

Victorian Busker
An Italian harpist entertaining local children on the street. Original Artwork: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Fish Stall

Fish Stall
A Victorian shellfish stall holder selling oysters and whelks. Original Artwork: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Cough Preventative

Cough Preventative
A street doctor selling medicines, peppermints, Herbal Pills and lozenges. Original Artwork: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Public Disinfectors

Public Disinfectors
Victorian public disinfectors sanitize the streets after an outbreak of smallpox. Original Artwork: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Slum Housing

Slum Housing
Beggars scraping an existence in squalid living conditions in China, from China And The People. (Photo by John Thomson/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Shoeshine

Shoeshine
1877: A young independent shoeblack shines the boots of a city gent. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Photographer At Work

Photographer At Work
1877: A street photographer at work on Clapham Common, London, with a mobile booth. Original Publication: From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Street Life

Street Life
1874: A portrait of beggars from China And Its People, by John Thomson. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Pekin Peek In

Pekin Peek In
1874: A large box with peep holes is a street amusement for passers by in Pekin (Beijing). (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: The Crawlers

The Crawlers
A beggar paid to look after a baby sitting at the side of a street, circa 1877. From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Recruiting Sergeants

Recruiting Sergeants
British army recruiting sergeants outside a public house at Westminster in London, 1877. Original publication Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Shanghai Bund

Shanghai Bund
A private property in the Bund (Waitan) area of Shanghai, situated along the Huangpu waterfront, circa 1870. (Photo by John Thomson/Spencer Arnold/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Fruit For Sale

Fruit For Sale
1873: A Victorian fruit seller shouts out strawberries, all ripe, all ripe in a London street. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Halfpenny Ices

Halfpenny Ices
1876: Halfpenny ices for sale from a London street vendor. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Beer For Sale

Beer For Sale
1877: Victorian Mush-Fakers and ginger beer makers with their cart. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Old Furniture

Old Furniture
1877: A second hand furniture shop in London. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Street Advertising

Street Advertising
1877: Victorian bill stickers paste placards advertising Madame Tussauds waxworks museum in London. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Waiting For A Hire

Waiting For A Hire
1877: A man waits for fatigued or adventurous promenaders in a London common to approach him for a donkey ride. Original Publication

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Black Jack

Black Jack
1877: Black Jack the costermonger deals in coke in the winter months and silver sand, used for polishing, in the summer. Original Publication

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Dramatic Shoe-Black

Dramatic Shoe-Black
1877: A street trader and shoeshine in Victorian London. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: London Nomades

London Nomades
circa 1877: A Gypsy caravan at an encampment near Latimer Road, Notting Hill, London. Original Publication: From Street Life in London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Victorian Locksmith

Victorian Locksmith
1877: A street locksmith mending locks at his stall on the spot. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Flower Women

Flower Women
1877: Victorian flower women selling bouquets at Covent Garden market. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Market Porters

Market Porters
1st February 1877: Porters with boxes of plants at Covent Garden market in London. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Second Hand Clothes

Second Hand Clothes
1877: An old clothes shop in Seven Dials, London. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub. 1877 (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Bonfire Parade

Bonfire Parade
5th November 1876: A giant guy is mounted on a donkey and cart for a procession through the streets on Bonfire Night. Original Publication

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Silent Highway

Silent Highway
1877: Transport workers travel up the River Thames in London. Original Publication: From Street Life In London by John Thomson and Adolphe Smith - pub

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Flood Sufferers

Flood Sufferers
circa 1877: Impoverished people in front of a rag shop in Lambeth, London, where the Thames annual tidal overflow causes hardship to the locals

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Festive Facade

Festive Facade
1869: Queens Road, Hong Kong, prepared for illumination during a visit by the Duke of Edinburgh. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Hong Kong Harbour

Hong Kong Harbour
1869: The sea front at Hong Kong Harbour, during a visit by the Duke of Edinburgh. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Hong Kong City Hall

Hong Kong City Hall
1869: Men wearing coolie hats stand outside the City Hall in Hong Kong, during a visit by the Duke of Edinburgh. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Peking Observatory

Peking Observatory
circa 1900: The Peking (Beijing) Observatory. Its instruments were seized by the Germans on November 29th, 1900, following the Boxer Rebellion. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Chinese Peasants

Chinese Peasants
1874: Women employed in field work in Foochow, China. China and its People - pub. 1874 (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJohn Thomson Photography (1837-1921) Collection: Shanghai Monument

Shanghai Monument
1876: A monument in Shanghai. (Photo by John Thomson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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