Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18691i
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Pineapple, pomegranate, star fruit, lychees, and other fruit on a table, engraved wine glass at the centre of the composition
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Fruit. number 59
Bears Thomson's negative number: "30"
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London 1873/4, vol. II, pl. XXIII, fig. 59, "Fruit"
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 18691i
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