Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

1870

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 30.5 x 25.5 cm (12 x 10 in.)

Chinese country house, River Min, Fukien province Bears Thomson's negative number: "76"

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

Wellcome Collection 18776i