Lalung, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1871
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19806i
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Lalung, Formosa [Taiwan]. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Four people, two older women at right and left, two children in the centre. Many more people sitting in the shade of the thatched huts to the right. The left-hand frame is crossed through

Publication/Creation

1871.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Contributors

Lettering

Hong-Ko's house, Lan-long, Formosa, 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "773"

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. II, pl. IV, fig. 12, "Lakoli"
R. Viénet, Formosa from the earth and from the air 1871-2006, Taiwan: Editions René Viénet, 2006, p. 103

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

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Wellcome Collection 19806i

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