China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1869
- Reference:
- 19544i
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Description
An elderly man wearing a pale silk robe, seated, holding a fan. A pipe resting in a holder and a tea-cup on a table to his left. A leopard-skin rug on the floor, behind the table a painted screen
Publication/Creation
1869
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 30.5 x 25.5 cm (12 x 10 in.)
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Chinese merchant mandarin China of the late empire
Bears Thomson's negative number: "649"
Notes
This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19544i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note