Snowy Valley, Chekiang province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19301i
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A deep fissure in a valley with a waterfall running along it. A building high on a mountain in the background. Same as Thomson's negative number 523, but taken at a slightly different angle
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Lettering
Snowy Valley shrine of king
Bears Thomson's negative number: "522"
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
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. III pl. III fig. 4. "Sung-Lng-Day Fall, Snowy Valley"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19301i
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