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John Thomson

Street Doctor

Description

Maker

John Thomson (Scottish, 1837-1921)

Title

Street Doctor
Street Life in London

Year

1877

Medium

Woodburytype

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Woodburytype

Materials

carbon print, Woodburytype

Dimensions

11.5 x 8.8 cm (4 9/16 x 3 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Printed on the original mount in red, beneath image:Street Doctor

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

75.069

Type

Photographs

Exhibition History

Image and Enterprise

The Photographs of Adolphe Braun

Feb 04, 2000 – Apr 22, 2000

Label copy

The Woodburytype process, invented in 1866 by Woodbury, was a variation on what was known as the carbon process. An image made in gelatin would be impressed on a sheet of lead under great pressure, creating a mold into which ink or colored gelatin could be poured and then used to make multiple, high quality images. This technique could be mechanized and became part of the Braun company's later practice.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

John Thomson (Scottish, 1837-1921)

Street Doctor; Street Life in London, 1877

Woodburytype

11.5 x 8.8 cm (4 9/16 x 3 7/16 inches)

Walter H. Kimball Fund 75.069

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