Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 18927i
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A rain-swept street of deserted shuttered houses, two figures sheltering on a porch at the extreme right hand side
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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The lepar village Foochow China
Bears Thomson's negative number: "335"
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 18927i
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