Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1869
Reference:
19714i
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Description

An old man with a basket over his shoulder and a sort of broom, posed in front of a pale plain background. Seems identical to Thomson's negative number 729, but has been scratched through. Probably one half of a stereo pair

Publication/Creation

1869

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Collector of printed scraps of paper, Peking Bears Thomson's negative number: "729 A"

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

References note

John Thomson, Through China with a camera, London, 1898, f.p. 234, "Collector of printed scraps". John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. IV pl. XXII fig. 52 "A collector of printed scraps"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19714i

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