Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
19637i
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Three men, two older with beards, one younger with a moustache, sitting in a garden. A building behind them to the left, a rockery to the right

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

3 members of Tsungli (Yamin ?) or Foreign Office, China. Chief Officers, Foreign Office, Peking, Mau Ta Jin, Tung Ta Jin, Sheu Ta Jin Bears Thomson's negative number: "694"

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 19637i

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