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Description: | A woodburytype photograph entitled ''Caney' the Clown', taken by John Thomson in 1877. The photograph is taken from 'Street Life in London' (1877), a series published in 12 parts with written commentaries by Adolphe Smith. In his commentary to this photograph, Smith gives Caney's life story - a clown until a leg injury forced him out of the profession, Caney turned to mending umbrellas to earn his living. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph woodburytype | Temporal: | 1877 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Thomson, John (1837-1921) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/23008 | Go to resource |
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