Baksa, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
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19090i
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Description

A snake basking on a rock in the lower centre of the frame. Another coiled around a branch at the upper right hand side. A man leaning on a rock in the centre. Compare with Thomson's negative number 425

Publication/Creation

1871.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph ; glass approximately 10.5 x 21.5 cm (4 x 8 in.)

Lettering

Seh-luk-pau or yellow bamboo snake, most deadly. A great hanging rock at Baksa, Formosa Bears Thomson's negative number: "419"

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 19090i

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