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Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. 1837-1921.
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- 1981
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Credit: Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
Credit: Wellcome Collection.
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Description
Looking along a valley floor towards a meandering river and mountains
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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La-ko-ti valley looking S(outh) E(ast) Formosa, 1871
Notes
This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 19069i
Lettering note
Bears Thomson's negative number: "408"