Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1981
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19681i
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Peking, Pechili province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A woman with an elaborate hairstyle, wearing a quilted garment with long wide sleeves, seated facing front, posed against a light background. For view from behind, see record number 19901i

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

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Lettering

Manchu lady, Peking Bears Thomson's negative number: "713"

References note

John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. IV, pl. VIII, fig. 17, "Manchu female coiffure"

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

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Wellcome Collection 19681i

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