Kowloon, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1869
Reference:
19626i
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Description

A family eating a meal. Two men, one young, holding a bowl and chopsticks, the other older, seated at a table with two young children, a woman standing behind one of the children. Behind her a wall with a small square opening. Three cats sitting under the table and the rear of another at the lower left hand corner. More bowls and a large container on the table. The same as Thomson's negative number 689, probably one half of a stereo pair

Publication/Creation

1869

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Bears Thomson's negative number: "689a"

Notes

This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19626i

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