China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19669i
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Description
Several women. The setting is the same as Thomson's negative number 701 and 708
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Lettering
Manchu ladies
Bears Thomson's negative number: "709"
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol IV, pl. XIII, No. 34, "Manchu ladies"
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 19669i
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