Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19717i
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A mother and child looking into a large box mounted on a light timber frame in the street. An attendant looks on beside the box
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Chinese peep-show, Peking
Bears Thomson's negative number: "730"
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
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. IV pl. XI fig. 27. "A Pekingese Peep show"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19717i
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