Shanghai, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1871
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19320i
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Shanghai, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Three large colonial buildings with loggias: Siemssen & Co., the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris and the Masonic Hall. In the foreground, the memorial to the 'Ever-Victorious Army' which suppressed the Taiping rebellion in 1860-1864. The memorial was carved in Hong Kong and erected in 1866. Also seen in Thomson's negative number 533

Publication/Creation

1871

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Bund Bears Thomson's negative number: "530"

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 19320i

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