Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1871
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19334i
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Three barrel-shaped earthenware coffin-jars leaning against a rock on the left hand side, a broken one lying on the ground. Part of the same scene as that shown in Thomson's negative number 352, which is said to be located at Amoy. Described in Through China with a camera, p. 101

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1871

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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

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Bones of the dead in Ching Fu pass Bears Thomson's negative number: "540"

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 19334i

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