Fukien province, China: a woman of Fukien. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
Reference:
19846i
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Description

A half-length portrait of a woman, seated facing to the right, wearing large bangle-like ear-ring and an elaborate coiffure with metal decorations

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

Fukien female Bears Thomson's negative number: "791"

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

References note

China through the lens of John Thomson, 1868-1872, Beijing: Beijing World Art Museum, 2009, p. 115 (reproduced)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19846i

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