China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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- 19348i
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Oblique view of an open-air temple beside a made-up road. Several people in the temple wearing white clothes. Two children on the kerb. The sun is shining
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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph
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Wayside temple, China
Bears Thomson's negative number: "548"
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
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Wellcome Collection 19348i
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