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

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
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1981
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18885i
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Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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View of river between rocky promontories, with fishing-nets hung out to dry from the sterns of moored boats. Another boat moving at speed in the main channel

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1981

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1 photograph : photoprint

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Chinese fishing nets Kwangtung Bears Thomson's negative number: "313"

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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

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Wellcome Collection 18885i

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