Nanking, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1871
Reference:
19874i
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Description

An enormous overturned cupola with a man standing by it. Rubble all around. A remnant of the Porcelain Pagoda, destroyed in 1853 by invaders

Publication/Creation

1871

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph ; glass approximately 10.5 x 21.5 cm (4 x 8 in.)

Lettering

Bronze top of the (porcelain ?) pagoda Bears Thomson's negative number: "804"

Notes

This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19874i

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