Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18875i
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Description

The river in the foreground, a plain in the middle ground, peaks in the distance. Steps cut in the river bank down to the water, a houseboat [Thomson's ?] moored on the right

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Lettering

Pearl river Kwangtung China Bears Thomson's negative number: "308"

Notes

This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library

Reference

Wellcome Collection 18875i

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