Foochow, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18907i
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Description

A view from a hill over the city. houses and man-made ponds with mountains in the background. Thomson's negative number 325 is taken from very nearly the same position

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Foochowfu 6 tints Bears Thomson's negative number: "324"

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 18907i

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