A Chinese tea-house, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1868/1871
Reference:
18706i
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Description

A woman standing on the left smoking a pipe, man and woman sitting smoking pipes, a boy sitting and an older man behind both looking on, all on the verandah of the same building as Thomson's negative number 41

Publication/Creation

1868/1871.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Bears Thomson's negative number: "40"

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 18706i

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