Unknown location. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1866
Reference:
19970i
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Description

View from within a dark round-arched doorway towards the stone flagged pathway of a temple, with incense burners [?] in the centre of the courtyard. A person, smoking a pipe, facing away from the camera, is sitting on the threshold of the doorway

Publication/Creation

1866

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Temple Chong Leong Bears no Thomson number, now numbered [iv]

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 19970i

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