Saigon, Vietnam: tombs. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1867.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19929i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Stone structures on the left, in a plain with outcrops of natural rock. Similar monuments to that shown in Thomson's negative number 1094, i.e. in the cemetery containing the tomb of Pierre Pigneau de Béhaine, Bishop of Adran in Turkey and Apostolic Vicar of Cochin China
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Cochin Chinese tombs
Bears Thomson's negative number: "1095"
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 19929i
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores