Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19711i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A man, with laden panniers, selling fruit outside a house. A boy leaning on a nearby pillar, looking at the fruit. Seems identical to Thomson's negative number 728
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Peking coster
Bears Thomson's negative number: "A 728"
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. IV, pl. XI, fig. 29, "A Pekingese costermonger"
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 19711i
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Copy 1
Location Status Access Closed stores19711i.1Copy 0
Location Status Access Closed stores19711i.2