Snowy Valley, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1871
- Reference:
- 19294i
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A distant view of a building in a field. Crop marks on central area of negative
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1871
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1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion
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No III 5x4 Snowy valley, China. Buddhist monastery
Bears Thomson's negative number: "519"
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
John Thomson, Illustrations of China and its people, London, 1873-4, vol. III pl. III, fig. 3. "The Monastery of the Snowy Crevice"
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Wellcome Collection 19294i
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