Pearl River, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.

  • John Thomson
Date:
1870
Reference:
18870i
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Buddhist monastery at the foot of a mountain. The same building as in Thomson's negatives numbers 305 and 307. The buildings are raised on brick piers, some have open balconies. On the right of the group is a storehouse. Fishing nets are drying on the near bank, a boat in the extreme right hand lower corner

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1870

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 in.)

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N branch Pearl river Kwan Yin cave temple Signed Bears Thomson's negative number: "306"

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 18870i

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