China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19863i
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Three people, two men, one wearing a fur jacket, and a woman. They are all in front of a wall
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
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Mongols
Bears Thomson's negative number: "798"
References note
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol IV pl. XVII fig. 45 "Mongols"
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 19863i
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