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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
Reference:
19786i
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A group of six people [and part of a seventh] standing, smoking, on a rocky shore. This is described in some detail in Through China with a camera. The right-hand frame crossed through

Publication/Creation

1871.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

Fishing-party near Lau Long, 1871. Aborigines, Formosa Bears Thomson's negative number: "763"

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 19786i

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