Hong Kong [?]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19991i
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View showing one side of a street of shop buildings. Shop-signs and posters in Chinese and English. Large ornate building in the centre with balconies, painted decoration, coloured glass windows, and awnings. Two people standing in the foreground to the left, another in the background on the right
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Lettering
Bears no Thomson number, now numbered [xviii]
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 19991i
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Location Status Access Closed stores