Peking, Pechili province, China: an old Muslim cook with his assistant. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1869
Reference:
19694i
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An old man with a beard and a younger man with a bundle over his shoulder, both dressed in work clothes. The older man is the same one as shown in Thomson's negative number 720

Publication/Creation

1869

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion : stereograph

Lettering

Mahometan butcher, Peking Bears Thomson's negative number: "721"

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

References note

China through the lens of John Thomson, 1868-1872, Beijing: Beijing World Art Museum, 2009, p. 62 (reproduced)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19694i

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