Swatow, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19883i
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Six men working two chain buckets from a river to a field [?]. The man nearest the camera is naked. In the background a junk with raised sail. The left hand frame is marked with an X̀'
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Swatow irrigation, China
Bears Thomson's negative number: "808"
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 19883i
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