Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19687i
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Two men and a boy against a plain background. The standing man holds a plate, the other is sitting with a yoke and panniers
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
Contributors
Lettering
Pekinese, mender of broken glassware &c
Bears Thomson's negative number: "717"
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 Collection 19687i
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