Photography on the Common \ Waiting for a Hire

Photography on the Common \ Waiting for a Hire

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John Thomson

Maker
Scottish, 1837–1921

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd.

English, estab. by 1879

Photography on the Common \ Waiting for a Hire

'Street Life in London,' John Thomson and Adolphe Smith. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Ltd., 1877-78, plate 9.


1876–1877
Woodburytype
Image (Top): 2 5/16 × 3 5/16 in. (5.8 × 8.4 cm)
Image (Bottom): 2 5/16 × 3 5/16 in. (5.8 × 8.4 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 8 3/16 in. (27.1 × 20.8 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.2141.0013
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on recto, BC: Clapham Common Industries 24
Printed in red on mount on recto, BC: PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE COMMON. [red line break] \ WAITING FOR A HIRE.
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