Peking, Pechili province, China: an old woman standing by a chair. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1869
Reference:
19700i
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Description

An old woman, wearing an anvil-shaped hair ornament, standing, resting her hand on the back of a chair. A hanging screen in the background. The hair ornament suggests she is probably of a Taoist order, or a spiritual healer

Publication/Creation

1869

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

Peking lady Bears Thomson's negative number: "724"

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

References note

China through the lens of John Thomson, 1868-1872, Beijing: Beijing World Art Museum, 2009, p. (reproduced)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19700i

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