Hankow, Hupeh province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1870
Reference:
19368i
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Description

Colonial buildings on one side of a broad waterside street. The trees by the water's edge are leafless. Similar to Thomson's negative number 595

Publication/Creation

1870

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Foreign settlement Bears Thomson's negative number: "559"

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 19368i

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