China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1869
- Reference:
- 19502i
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Description
A man holding long tongs in a kiln or oven outside a house [or shrine ?]. Next to the larger kiln a small grate with a kettle on it. A balcony above the man, a lobster pot [?] behind him
Publication/Creation
1869
Physical description
1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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Scene in mountain temple
Bears Thomson's negative number: "627"
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 19502i
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note