Canton, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19581i
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A young woman, seated against a plain background, wearing a headscarf and overdress of coarse woven material
Publication/Creation
1981
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1 photograph : photoprint
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Boat-girl Canton
Bears Thomson's negative number: "669"
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. I, pl. XI, 4 "Four heads, types of the labouring classes"
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 19581i
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