Buddhist temple N branch of Pearl River Kwangtung China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.

1870

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

Bears Thomson's negative number: "299"

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

Wellcome Collection 18858i