Street group of tradesmen and customers, China
Street Groups'. In every city these sort of people are to be counted by the thousand'. On the left, our venerable friend Ahong, a soup-maker, with a seated customer. In the centre, a public scribe and fortune-teller who is also an oculist, with a lady customer. Behind him, one of the begging pests of Kiu-kiang'. Next, a barber, and last, a wood-turner with his customer who is examining a wooden ladle
Picture No
11939104
Media ID
46076931
Size
3020px x 2230px
(1.8MB)
Credit
© The John Meek Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
From Illustrations of China and its People' by J Thomson, published by Sampson Low, 1874. Photograph: John Meek
Date
1874
