Yangtze river, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19891i
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A woman or man standing by a mast on board a moored ship, holding a coil of rope
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Chinese skipper, Yangtze
Bears Thomson's negative number: "812"
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 19891i
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