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An Old Clothes Shop, Seven Dials
John Thomson1877
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
According to John Thomson’s collaborator, journalist Adolphe Smith, the dealers in this neighborhood were sources of last resort for those trying to sell items that had already been rejected by pawnbrokers. They were also where “the majority of those individuals who earn a promiscuous livelihood in the streets of London succeed in clothing themselves for a minimum outlay.”
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- Title: An Old Clothes Shop, Seven Dials
- Creator: John Thomson (Scottish, 1837-1921)
- Date Created: 1877
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 11.5 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.); Paper: 11.5 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.); Mounted: 27.1 x 20.8 cm (10 11/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Antiquariat Dr. Jens Mattow, Berlin, Germany), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.51
- Medium: woodburytype
- Series: Street Life in London
- Inscriptions: Stamped in red ink on recto of mount: “AN OLD CLOTHES SHOP, SEVEN DIALS.”
- Fun Fact: When this photo was taken, Seven Dials, a London neighborhood linking Covent Garden to Soho, was a slum that housed shops that bought and sold used clothing and furniture.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Photography Discretionary Fund
- Collection: PH - British 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2019.51
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