China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19539i
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Description
A man standing outside shop or house, holding a bowl [?], wearing a cowl over a checked garment and heavy prayer beads. The same man as shown in Thomson's negative number 784 [?]
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph
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Lettering
Kwan-Yin temple. Chinese priest Lay (Miral... ?)
Bears Thomson's negative number: "645"
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. I, pl. IX, "A Mendicant priest"
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 19539i
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