Chefoo, Shantung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1981
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19387i
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Chefoo, Shantung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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View across a grove of trees to some European style buildings, with mountains behind. Snow lies on the ground. The same point of view as Thomson's negative number 585

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1981

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1 photograph : photoprint

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Cheefu city, N China Bears Thomson's negative number: "568"

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 19387i

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