Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1981
Reference:
18975i
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Description

View of a channel with two large rocks jutting out near the shore. A track runs alongside the water's edge. A man stands in the foreground at the right hand side

Publication/Creation

1981

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph

Lettering

On the beach Amoy 1871 Bears Thomson's negative number: "361"

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 18975i

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