Ming tombs, Peking: the Lingendian (Hall of Prominent Favour) at Changling. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1871
- Reference:
- 19270i
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Changling, tomb of the Yongle Emperor (1403-1425): view of a building from outside parapet, as in Thomson's negative number 498. Overgrown grassed area in the foreground
Publication/Creation
1871
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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Ming tombs, Chang Ling Hall
Bears Thomson's negative number: "507"
References note
Nick Pearce, Photographs of Peking, China 1861-1908: an inventory and description of the Yetts collection at the University of Durham: through Peking with a camera, Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005, similar to no. 54, pp. 136-137
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 19270i
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