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Collections

John Thomson
Half-Penny Ices1877-1878

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a group of boys in worn clothing crowding around a wooden street vendor's cart with large spoked wheels
Artist or Maker
John Thomson
Scotland, 1837-1921
Title
Half-Penny Ices
Place Made
England
Date Made
1877-1878
Medium
Woodburytype
Dimensions
Image: 4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (11.11 × 8.26 cm) Primary support: 10 1/2 × 7 5/8 in. (26.67 × 19.37 cm) Mat: 15 13/16 × 12 3/4 in. (40.16 × 32.39 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2248
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography