Vintage Photos of People in London, England, During The Victorian Era (1870s)

A collection of Woodburytype prints of photographs of various people in London, England, taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson during the 1870s. The original captions are in quotations.

Source: Rijksmuseum, The J. Paul Getty Museum.


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