Kowloon, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1870
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18894i
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Kowloon, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Beach with three people, one a small child. Buildings to the left, a boat in the middle distance, an island further off

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1870

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

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Off Cowloon, Kwangtung Province, China Bears Thomson's negative number: "318"

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

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Wellcome Collection 18894i

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